Anodontophora purdoni Reed 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae

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 Anodontophora according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Unionites albertii, Unionites bittneri, Unionites borealis, Unionites breviformis, Unionites brevis, Unionites canalensis, Unionites donacinus, Unionites elisabethae, Unionites fassaensis, Unionites gregarius, Unionites griesbachi, Unionites guizhouensis, Unionites jacobi, Unionites kobyumensis, Unionites letticus, Unionites manmuensis, Unionites minimus, Unionites muensteri, Unionites ovalis, Unionites posterus, Unionites rhomboidalis, Unionites sorokovi, Unionites spicatus, Unionites subrectus, Unionites trapezoidalis, Anodontophora elongata, Anodontophora subovalis, Anodontophora omolonica, Anodontophora angulata, Anodontophora edmondiiformis, Anodontophora sublettica, Anodontophora conjugens, Anodontophora telleri, Anoplophora isocardioides, Anoplophora torreana, Anoplophora pappi, Anoplophora shastensis, Anoplophora recta, Myacites baconicus, Myacites obtusus, Myacites inconspicuus, Myacites depressus, Myacites faba, Myacites grandis, Myacites radiatus, Myacites musculoides, Myacites (Pleuromya)

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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