Sphenotus cataractes 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 Sphenotus according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Sphenotus aeolus, Sphenotus altidorsatus, Sphenotus branneri, Sphenotus cherokeense, Sphenotus dubius, Sphenotus gibsonense, Sphenotus hicksii, Sphenotus meslerianus, Sphenotus monroensis, Sphenotus oklahomense, Sphenotus pisinnus, Sphenotus quadriplicatum, Sphenotus solenoides, Sphenotus tentoriolus, Sphenotus tiogensis, Sphenotus washingtonensis

Type specimen: GSI 17184. Its type locality is Main waterfall, 1.75 miles NNE of Warcha Mandi, 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 Main waterfall, 1.75 miles NNE of Warcha Mandi, Salt Range

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