Liebea sacculus Reed 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae

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 Liebea according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Liebea dieneri, Liebea indica, Liebea macros, Liebea mediterranea, Liebea septifer, Liebea squamosa

Type specimen: GSI 17207, a shell. Its type locality is Nullahs near pt 2421, K28.845-868, SE of Dalmiri, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nullahs near pt 2421, K28.845-868, SE of Dalmiri

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