†Loripes proavius 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 Loripes according to W. Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Loripes (Loripes), Loripes aberrans, Loripes atavus, Loripes eburnea, Loripes simulans, Loripes subvexa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kufri, top of Middle Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal chemosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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