Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
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 Productus (Dictyoclostus) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Dictyoclostus arcuatus, Dictyoclostus bayanhuaensis, Dictyoclostus bellatulus, Dictyoclostus burlingtonensis, Dictyoclostus byrangi, Dictyoclostus cherokeensis, Dictyoclostus confluens, Dictyoclostus crawfordsvillensis, Dictyoclostus curtirostris, Dictyoclostus decorus, Dictyoclostus expansus, Dictyoclostus fernglenensis, Dictyoclostus galeanus, Dictyoclostus gallatinensis, Dictyoclostus hermosanus, Dictyoclostus inflatus, Dictyoclostus jalaidensis, Dictyoclostus linoproductoides, Dictyoclostus mesialis, Dictyoclostus mesicostalis, Dictyoclostus nantanensis, Dictyoclostus paradoxus, Dictyoclostus parviformis, Dictyoclostus primus, Dictyoclostus qiliensis, Dictyoclostus regularis, Dictyoclostus richardsi, Dictyoclostus rimalis, Dictyoclostus scitulus, Dictyoclostus sedaliensis, Dictyoclostus semireticulatus, Dictyoclostus simplex, Dictyoclostus tartaricus, Dictyoclostus weiningensis
Type specimen: GSI 16808, a valve (ventral valve). Its type locality is ESE of Sanwans, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at ESE of Sanwans, Salt Range
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