Sphaeriola grandaeva Waagen 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

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

Belongs to Sphaeriola according to W. Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Fimbria (Sphaeriola) subquadrata, Sphaeriola crassicostata, Sphaeriola leedae, Sphaeriola madridi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, topmost beds of Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Virgal, topmost beds of Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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