Kiangsiella compressa 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 Kiangsiella according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Kiangsiella condoni, Kiangsiella deltoidens, Kiangsiella distorta, Kiangsiella halliana, Kiangsiella longinucha, Kiangsiella pectiniformis, Kiangsiella pinguis, Kiangsiella tieliensis, Kiangsiella tingi

Type specimen: K31.180, a shell. Its type locality is Southern slopes of Sarin nala, NNW of Buri Khel, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Southern slopes of Sarin nala, NNW of Buri Khel, Salt Range

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