†Sphaeriola grandaeva Waagen 1881 (clam)
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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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