Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae
Alternative combination: Mentzelia salaria
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 Martiniopsis according to S. Z. Shen et al. 2016
See also Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Martiniopsis cathaysiensis, Martiniopsis convexa, Martiniopsis elegans, Martiniopsis grandiformis, Martiniopsis inflata, Martiniopsis latouchei, Martiniopsis lutugini, Martiniopsis orientalis, Martiniopsis patella, Martiniopsis punjabica, Martiniopsis shandaohuensis, Martiniopsis subpentagonalis, Martiniopsis sulcatus, Martiniopsis trimmata, Martiniopsis uralica, Martiniopsis woodi, Martiniopsis xizangensis
Type specimen: GSI 17064, a shell. Its type locality is Just N of Nanga Mirkalan, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian/Changhsingian carbonate limestone in Pakistan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Just N of Nanga Mirkalan, Salt Range
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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