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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