Eucharis grandaeva Waagen 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328

Belongs to Eucharis according to W. Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Basterotia (Basterotella), Basterotia (Basterotia), Basterotia carolina, Basterotia peninsularis, Basterotia prima

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: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Amb, very highest beds of Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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