Dimorphoconcha globosa Wasmer and Hautmann 2012 (file clam)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

Full reference: M. Wasmer and M. Hautmann. 2012. Taxonomic names, in Olenekian (Early Triassic) bivalves from the Salt Range and Surghar Range, Pakistan. Palaeontology 55:1047-1065

Belongs to Dimorphoconcha according to M. Wasmer and M. Hautmann 2012

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIMUZ 28669, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Nammal Gorge NAM-B7, Salt Range, which is in a Spathian carbonate limestone in the Upper Ceratite Limestone Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Pakistan (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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