Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Alternative combination: Blanfordinia lunwalensis
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 Cyrtorostra according to L. V. Kushnar 1986
See also Nakazawa 1981, Nakazawa and Newell 1968 and Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Cyrtorostra atavum, Cyrtorostra cardiiformis, Cyrtorostra caucasica, Cyrtorostra fraterna, Cyrtorostra jisuensis, Cyrtorostra laticostata, Cyrtorostra limitans, Cyrtorostra nana, Cyrtorostra obeliscus, Cyrtorostra omanensis, Cyrtorostra primorica, Cyrtorostra subexotica, Cyrtorostra trifurcata, Cyrtorostra varicostata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian to Triassic of India (3 collections)
• Permian of India (1), Japan (1), Pakistan (7), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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