†Oblicarina translata Reed 1932 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Alternative combination: Mytilomorpha translata
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79
Belongs to Oblicarina according to J. B. Waterhouse 1967
See also Reed 1932
Sister taxon: Oblicarina carinata
Type specimen: Geol Surv India F15552, a shell. Its type locality is Bren Spur D, which is in a Sakmarian coastal shale in the Agglomeratic Slate Formation of India.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bren Spur D
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