Euchondria sortita Reed 1944 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Euchondriidae

Alternative combination: Aviculopecten (Euchondria) sortitus

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 Euchondria according to M. E. Clapham 2015

See also Reed 1944

Sister taxa: Euchondria aclines, Euchondria anshunensis, Euchondria bilstonensis, Euchondria businovensis, Euchondria callytharraensis, Euchondria cancellata, Euchondria clathratus, Euchondria cooperi, Euchondria flabelliformis, Euchondria fusuiensis, Euchondria hunanensis, Euchondria intercostatus, Euchondria jiaheensis, Euchondria jingxianensis, Euchondria kesenensis, Euchondria laurienti, Euchondria levicula, Euchondria longtanensis, Euchondria losseni, Euchondria menardi, Euchondria mira, Euchondria neglecta, Euchondria ohioensis, Euchondria paucicostata, Euchondria pellucida, Euchondria sabattinii, Euchondria simplicata, Euchondria sinensis, Euchondria smithwickensis, Euchondria subcancellata, Euchondria subpusilla, Euchondria taxiensis, Euchondria vera, Euchondria vorcutica, Euchondria wagneri, Euchondria weanensis

Type specimen: GSI 17193, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Chambalwala nala, Narsingphoar, marly beds, Salt Range, which is in a Capitanian carbonate marl in the Wargal Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chambalwala nala, Narsingphoar, marly beds, Salt Range

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