Compressoproductus mytiloides Waagen 1884 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae

Alternative combination: Productus mytiloides

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1884. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 4. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):611-728

Belongs to Compressoproductus according to J. I. Tazawa 2011

See also Arthaber 1900 and Waagen 1884

Sister taxa: Compressoproductus acuminatus, Compressoproductus compressus, Compressoproductus concentricus, Compressoproductus corniformis, Compressoproductus curtus, Compressoproductus fengshuijiangensis, Compressoproductus flabellatus, Compressoproductus mongolicus, Compressoproductus multicorrugatus, Compressoproductus parvus, Compressoproductus pentagonalis, Compressoproductus pinniformis, Compressoproductus planus, Compressoproductus prinadai, Compressoproductus rarus, Compressoproductus thomasi, Compressoproductus triangulus, Compressoproductus vladivostokensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Japan (1 collection), Pakistan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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