Liroceras bakhense Reed 1944 (mollusk)

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Liroceratidae

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 Liroceras according to D. Korn and A. Ghaderi 2025

See also Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Liroceras chenxianense, Liroceras choopani, Liroceras derbiense, Liroceras devjatovense, Liroceras didmyoaurise, Liroceras excentricum, Liroceras fornicatum, Liroceras gardenense, Liroceras globatum, Liroceras globosum, Liroceras globulare, Liroceras greenei, Liroceras grundense, Liroceras henryvillense, Liroceras hsuyuchiani, Liroceras hunanense, Liroceras hyatti, Liroceras involutum, Liroceras karaouii, Liroceras korulkense, Liroceras leitrimense, Liroceras leptum, Liroceras lichuanense, Liroceras liratum, Liroceras lunense, Liroceras meishanense, Liroceras milleri, Liroceras missouriense, Liroceras molengraaffi, Liroceras occlusor, Liroceras orientale, Liroceras patulum, Liroceras praelunense, Liroceras reniforme, Liroceras reticulatum, Liroceras ruzhencevi, Liroceras salomonense, Liroceras sarvaense, Liroceras schaelkense, Liroceras shakhtauense, Liroceras sinense, Liroceras vermis, Liroceras volgense, Liroceras waterloti

Type specimen: GSI 17242, a shell. Its type locality is Main nala, SW of pt 2338, N of Ghundi, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 41.0

Distribution: found only at Main nala, SW of pt 2338, N of Ghundi, Salt Range

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