Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Alternative combination: Productus (Dictyoclostus) tumefacta
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 Tyloplecta according to G. R. Shi and Z. Q. Chen 2003
See also Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Tyloplecta adumbrata, Tyloplecta bulangensis, Tyloplecta costiferinoides, Tyloplecta crassica, Tyloplecta fulingensis, Tyloplecta grandicostata, Tyloplecta huadongensis, Tyloplecta insulcata, Tyloplecta liannanensis, Tyloplecta liziyaensis, Tyloplecta magna, Tyloplecta mangolensis, Tyloplecta minisulcata, Tyloplecta minor, Tyloplecta nankingensis, Tyloplecta pauciplicata, Tyloplecta persica, Tyloplecta radiata, Tyloplecta rossica, Tyloplecta subrichthofeni, Tyloplecta yangtzeensis
Type specimen: K29.231, a valve. Its type locality is SE of Sambalwala, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at SE of Sambalwala, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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