Productus (Overtonia) rudis Reed 1944 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae

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 (Overtonia) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxon: Overtonia fimbriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is South end of hill at pt1185, lower "g" bed, north of Trimu Wahan, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian carbonate sandstone/limestone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at South end of hill at pt. 1185, lower "g" bed, north of Trimu Wahan, Salt Range

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