Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596
Belongs to Orthotichia according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Orthotichia altilis, Orthotichia avushensis, Orthotichia chekiangensis, Orthotichia derbyi, Orthotichia fushanensis, Orthotichia gypidularhynchia, Orthotichia hueconiana, Orthotichia irregularis, Orthotichia japonica, Orthotichia jiangxiensis, Orthotichia kozlowskii, Orthotichia latirostrata, Orthotichia lengshuixiensis, Orthotichia lentiformis, Orthotichia magnifica, Orthotichia marmorea, Orthotichia morganiana, Orthotichia nana, Orthotichia nawtawaketensis, Orthotichia newelli, Orthotichia parva, Orthotichia pentamera, Orthotichia tongluensis, Orthotichia transversa, Orthotichia trigona, Orthotichia xizangensis
Type specimen: GSI 16772, a shell. Its type locality is East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, top of sequence, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at East of pt 2263, ESE of Chhidru, top of sequence, Salt Range
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