Cypricardella trapezoidalis Reed 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida

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 Cypricardella according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Cypricardella amarassiensis, Cypricardella petschorica, Cypricardella subalata, Cypricardella tenuistriata, Microdon (Cypricardella) connatus, Microdon (Cypricardella) macrostriatus

Type specimen: GSI 17179, a shell. Its type locality is Near Sarai, below Sakesar, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Near Sarai, below Sakesar, Salt Range

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