Atomodesma indicum Waagen 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Atomodesmatidae

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

Belongs to Atomodesma according to W. Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Atomodesma acuta, Atomodesma astafievae, Atomodesma bisulcatum, Atomodesma elongata, Atomodesma elongatum, Atomodesma exaratum, Atomodesma guskovi, Atomodesma hautmanni, Atomodesma lata, Atomodesma marwicki, Atomodesma minima, Atomodesma multifurcatum, Atomodesma mytiloides, Atomodesma nikolajewi, Atomodesma obliquatum, Atomodesma semiplicata, Atomodesma tenuistriata, Atomodesma timorense, Atomodesma timorensis, Atomodesma tumenlingensis, Atomodesma undulata, Atomodesma uniplicatum, Atomodesma variabile

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range

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