Cyrtorostra omanensis Dickins 1999 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Deltopectinidae

Full reference: J. M. Dickins. 1999. Mid-Permian (Kubergandian-Murgabian) bivalves from the Khuff Formation, Oman: implications for world events and correlation. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 105:23-36

Belongs to Cyrtorostra according to J. M. Dickins 1999

Sister taxa: Cyrtorostra atavum, Cyrtorostra cardiiformis, Cyrtorostra caucasica, Cyrtorostra fraterna, Cyrtorostra jisuensis, Cyrtorostra laticostata, Cyrtorostra limitans, Cyrtorostra lunwalensis, Cyrtorostra nana, Cyrtorostra obeliscus, Cyrtorostra primorica, Cyrtorostra subexotica, Cyrtorostra trifurcata, Cyrtorostra varicostata

Type specimen: PG 3484. Its type locality is Haushi Undivided, which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Khuff Formation of Oman.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Haushi Undivided

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