Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae

Synonym: Eurydesma hesdoensis Sahni and Dutt 1959

Full reference: M. R. Sahni and D. K. Dutt. 1959. Argentine and Australian affinities in a Lower Permian fauna from Manendragarh, central India. Records of the Geological Survey of India 87:655-670

Belongs to Eurydesma according to M. R. Sahni and D. K. Dutt 1959

See also Waterhouse and Gupta 1982

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

Type specimens:

• Eurydesma manendragarhensis: GSI 17997. Its type locality is Manendragarh, which is in an Asselian coastal shale/conglomerate in the Talchir Formation of India.
• Eurydesma hesdoensis: GSI 17996. Its type locality is Manendragarh, which is in an Asselian coastal shale/conglomerate in the Talchir Formation of India.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Manendragarh

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