Cardiomorpha sublimosa Reed 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

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 Cardiomorpha according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Cardiomorpha bihatiensis, Cardiomorpha digglesi, Cardiomorpha doulingensis, Cardiomorpha gymnitum, Cardiomorpha haydeni, Cardiomorpha indica, Cardiomorpha inflata, Cardiomorpha minuta, Cardiomorpha missouriensis, Cardiomorpha nuggetensis, Cardiomorpha obovata, Cardiomorpha pinguis

Type specimen: GSI 17180, a shell. Its type locality is Chambalwala gorge, near 2nd waterfall, Narsinghphoar, Salt Range, which is in a Capitanian marine shale in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chambalwala gorge, near 2nd waterfall, Narsinghphoar, Salt Range

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