Spiriferina (Reticulariina) transindica Reed 1944 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

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 Spiriferina (Reticulariina) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Reticulariina atava, Reticulariina bufala, Reticulariina cerina, Reticulariina constricta, Reticulariina craticula, Reticulariina dieneri, Reticulariina echinata, Reticulariina fruticosa, Reticulariina girtyi, Reticulariina hueconiana, Reticulariina impressa, Reticulariina laxa, Reticulariina montana, Reticulariina netchaewi, Reticulariina newelli, Reticulariina phoxa, Reticulariina powwowensis, Reticulariina pristina, Reticulariina pusilla, Reticulariina roscida, Reticulariina senticosa, Reticulariina sonorensis, Reticulariina spinosa, Reticulariina strigosa, Reticulariina subulata, Reticulariina tetrica, Reticulariina venustula, Reticulariina welleri

Type specimen: GSI 17089, a shell. Its type locality is E of Pahrwala Wahan, W of Bilot, top Middle Productus limestone, Trans-Indus, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at E of Pahrwala Wahan, W of Bilot, top Middle Productus limestone, Trans-Indus

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