Strophalosia salmunensis Reed 1944 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Strophalosiidae

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 Strophalosia according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Strophalosia (Girlasia), Strophalosia bellatula, Strophalosia blanfordi, Strophalosia concentrica, Strophalosia delicata, Strophalosia densispinosa, Strophalosia diadema, Strophalosia enantiensis, Strophalosia ericinia, Strophalosia gerardi, Strophalosia grandis, Strophalosia groenwalli, Strophalosia kaneviensis, Strophalosia kharaerdensis, Strophalosia linearis, Strophalosia morrisiana, Strophalosia netschajewi, Strophalosia paradoxa, Strophalosia plicatifera, Strophalosia rudiculaformis, Strophalosia rugosocostata, Strophalosia sibirica, Strophalosia spinellosa, Strophalosia stepanovi, Strophalosia subcircularis, Strophalosia subcostata, Strophalosia tolli, Strophalosia vollossovitschi, Strophalosia wuchangensis, Strophalosia yalwalensis

Type specimen: GSI 16882. Its type locality is NE of Salmun, Kund, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at NE of Salmun, Kund, Salt Range

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