†Spengleria vetusta Waagen 1881 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328
Belongs to Spengleria according to W. Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Gastrochaena (Spengleria) emilyana, Spengleria recondita, Spengleria rostrata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range
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