Notothyris riparia Reed 1944 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Notothyrididae

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 Notothyris according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Dielasma (Notothyris) triangularis, Notothyris acuta, Notothyris berkeyi, Notothyris bifoldes, Notothyris buriensis, Notothyris chainahaensis, Notothyris crassa, Notothyris daudensis, Notothyris depressus, Notothyris djoulfensis, Notothyris duplicata, Notothyris fissicostata, Notothyris ghundiensis, Notothyris gillilandensis, Notothyris gojraensis, Notothyris hexeris, Notothyris inaequiplicata, Notothyris inflata, Notothyris irregularis, Notothyris jalaidensis, Notothyris lenticularis, Notothyris liangshuikouensis, Notothyris lochardi, Notothyris lucida, Notothyris minuta, Notothyris multiplicata, Notothyris nucleolus, Notothyris orthosinus, Notothyris planiplicata, Notothyris polaris, Notothyris praelecta, Notothyris pseudodjoulfensis, Notothyris qujiangensis, Notothyris rectimarginatus, Notothyris revocata, Notothyris sakagami, Notothyris sarinensis, Notothyris shizilingensis, Notothyris simplex, Notothyris subnucleolus, Notothyris subpentagona, Notothyris subvesicularis, Notothyris triplax, Notothyris triplicata, Notothyris uralica, Notothyris venusta, Notothyris walkeri, Notothyris warthi

Type specimen: GSI 16921, a shell. Its type locality is SSE of hill 2338 and NE of Ghundi, near top of cliff limestone, 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 SSE of hill 2338 and NE of Ghundi, near top of cliff limestone, Salt Range

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