Eurydesma punjabicum Reed 1936 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae

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 Eurydesma according to F. R. C. Reed 1936

Sister taxa: Eurydesma alisulcatum, Eurydesma altum, Eurydesma amygdalinum, Eurydesma austini, Eurydesma burnettensis, Eurydesma compressa, Eurydesma cordatum, Eurydesma hobartense, Eurydesma inflatum, Eurydesma manendragarhensis, Eurydesma mytiloides, Eurydesma pertenue, Eurydesma perversum, Eurydesma playfordi, Eurydesma subdepressa, Eurydesma subobliquum, Eurydesma subovatum, Eurydesma subtriangularis, Eurydesma sulcatum

Subtaxa: Eurydesma punjabicum elongata

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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: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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