Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) praeceps Reed 1944 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae

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 Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Schuchertella bassa, Schuchertella beyrichi, Schuchertella bowdenensis, Schuchertella cooperi, Schuchertella costatula, Schuchertella fernglenensis, Schuchertella fushuiensis, Schuchertella gelaohoensis, Schuchertella guizhouensis, Schuchertella haraganensis, Schuchertella humboldtensis, Schuchertella lens, Schuchertella luliangensis, Schuchertella magna, Schuchertella missouriensis, Schuchertella nevadaensis, Schuchertella percha, Schuchertella probabilis, Schuchertella propinqua, Schuchertella quryatensis, Schuchertella radialis, Schuchertella resupinata, Schuchertella rubra, Schuchertella semiplana, Schuchertella shenshuensis, Schuchertella subvexa, Schuchertella tapina, Streptorhynchus (Schuchertella) asperulus

Type specimen: GSI 16786, a shell. Its type locality is NE side of Kawadh gorge, SE of Sathra, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NE side of Kawadh gorge, SE of Sathra, Salt Range

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