Cardiomorpha pinguis Reed 1936 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1936. Some fossils from the Eurydesma and Conularia beds (Punjabian) of the Salt Range. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India. Palaeontologia Indica, New Series 23(1):1-36

Belongs to Cardiomorpha according to F. R. C. Reed 1936

Sister taxa: Cardiomorpha bihatiensis, Cardiomorpha digglesi, Cardiomorpha doulingensis, Cardiomorpha gymnitum, Cardiomorpha haydeni, Cardiomorpha indica, Cardiomorpha inflata, Cardiomorpha minuta, Cardiomorpha missouriensis, Cardiomorpha nuggetensis, Cardiomorpha obovata, Cardiomorpha sublimosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pidh, two furlongs SSW on road to Pind Dadan Khan, which is in an Asselian marine conglomerate in the Talchir Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pidh, two furlongs SSW on road to Pind Dadan Khan

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