Volsellina transparens Waagen 1881 (mussel)

Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

Alternative combination: Modiola transparens

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328

Belongs to Volsellina according to N. D. Newell 1942

See also Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Volsellina areiensis, Volsellina carinata, Volsellina equatorialis, Volsellina heywoodi, Volsellina ornatissima, Volsellina subelliptica, Volsellina yunnanensis

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 epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jabi, "Cephalopod Bed", Salt Range

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