Martiniopsis salaria Reed 1944 (lamp shell)

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

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