Cleidophorus trapezoidalis Waagen 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Cucullellidae

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

Belongs to Cleidophorus according to W. Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Nuculites (Gonionuculites), Nuculites ichikawai, Nuculites kimuari, Nuculites neglectus, Nuculites oblongatus, Nuculites planulatus, Nuculites suboblongatus, Nuculites wattii, Cucullella antiqua, Cleidophorus perdubius, Cleidophorus catherinae, Cleidophorus hollebeni, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus delawarensis, Cleidophorus planulata, Cleidophorus striatulus, Cleidophorus eductus, Pyrenomoeus cuneatus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Road from Katwahi to Shahpur, middle part, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Road from Katwahi to Shahpur, middle part, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range

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