Plethomytilus lineatus Reed 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Myalinida - Ambonychiidae

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 Plethomytilus according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Mytilarca acutirostra, Mytilarca amii, Mytilarca aphaea, Mytilarca aphea, Mytilarca arenacea, Mytilarca boucoti, Mytilarca canadensis, Mytilarca chemungensis, Mytilarca cingulosa, Mytilarca cordiformis, Mytilarca crassa, Mytilarca cultellata, Mytilarca cuneatus, Mytilarca dalhousei, Mytilarca dentata, Mytilarca dentiversa, Mytilarca dubia, Mytilarca eduliformis, Mytilarca expansa, Mytilarca foerstei, Mytilarca gibbosa, Mytilarca inflata, Mytilarca iniqua, Mytilarca kallholniensis, Mytilarca knappi, Mytilarca kullsbergensis, Mytilarca lata, Mytilarca leptaenarum, Mytilarca mareki, Mytilarca marylandica, Mytilarca mytiliformis, Mytilarca obliqua, Mytilarca orsae, Mytilarca parallela, Mytilarca parens, Mytilarca percarinata, Mytilarca ponderosa, Mytilarca pyrimadata, Mytilarca regularis, Mytilarca semicircularis, Mytilarca sigilla, Mytilarca simplex, Mytilarca suberectus, Mytilarca thorslundi, Mytilarca triangula, Mytilarca umbonata, Mytilarca wabashensis, Plethomytilus rowei, Mytilarca (Plethomytilus) oviformis, Plethomytilus esuriens

Type specimen: GSI 17210, a shell. Its type locality is West of pt. 2382, K33.95-151, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at West of pt. 2382, K33.95-151, Salt Range

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