Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cryptonellidae
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 Dielasma (Heterelasma) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Heterelasma angulatum, Heterelasma concavum, Heterelasma contortum, Heterelasma contrerasi, Heterelasma geniculatum, Heterelasma gibbosum, Heterelasma glansfagea, Heterelasma lenticularia, Heterelasma magnum, Heterelasma ngariensis, Heterelasma pentagonum, Heterelasma quadratum, Heterelasma shumardianum, Heterelasma solidum, Heterelasma sulciplicatum, Heterelasma venustulum
Type specimen: GSI 16959, a shell. Its type locality is Footpath to Banschang, pipe-rock, east of Chhdru, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian shoreface sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Footpath to Banschang, pipe-rock, east of Chhdru, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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