Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
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 Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) according to F. R. C. Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Pseudomonotis (Pseudomonotis), Pseudomonotis (Trematiconcha), Pseudomonotis aueri, Pseudomonotis aurisculpta, Pseudomonotis austriaca, Pseudomonotis beedei, Pseudomonotis boreas, Pseudomonotis caucasica, Pseudomonotis circularis, Pseudomonotis dubiosa, Pseudomonotis equistriata, Pseudomonotis excentrostriata, Pseudomonotis fredoniensis, Pseudomonotis furcoplicatus, Pseudomonotis gigantea, Pseudomonotis hawni, Pseudomonotis immanis, Pseudomonotis kumpani, Pseudomonotis leiyangensis, Pseudomonotis leptopleura, Pseudomonotis loczyi, Pseudomonotis millhorni, Pseudomonotis mongoliensis, Pseudomonotis nigricans, Pseudomonotis ochotica, Pseudomonotis praecursor, Pseudomonotis qinglongensis, Pseudomonotis robusta, Pseudomonotis sayrei, Pseudomonotis spinosa, Pseudomonotis subangulata, Pseudomonotis sublaevis, Pseudomonotis tibeticus, Pseudomonotis toulai, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) waageni, Pseudomonotis (Aviculomonotis) matthewi, Aviculomonotis kazanensis, Pachypteria nobilissima, Pachypteria obliqua
Type specimen: GSI 17205. Its type locality is South end of hill at pt. 1185, lower "g" bed, north of Trimu Wahan, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian carbonate sandstone/limestone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at South end of hill at pt. 1185, lower "g" bed, north of Trimu Wahan, Salt Range
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