Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596
Belongs to Atomodesma according to J. B. Waterhouse 1978
See also Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Atomodesma acuta, Atomodesma astafievae, Atomodesma bisulcatum, Atomodesma elongata, Atomodesma elongatum, Atomodesma exaratum, Atomodesma guskovi, Atomodesma hautmanni, Atomodesma indicum, Atomodesma lata, Atomodesma marwicki, Atomodesma minima, Atomodesma multifurcatum, Atomodesma mytiloides, Atomodesma nikolajewi, Atomodesma obliquatum, Atomodesma tenuistriata, Atomodesma timorense, Atomodesma timorensis, Atomodesma tumenlingensis, Atomodesma undulata, Atomodesma uniplicatum, Atomodesma variabile
Type specimen: GSI 17209, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is NNW of Chittidil Rest House, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Nepal (1 collection), Pakistan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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