Bivalvia - Actinodontida - Oriocrassatellidae
Alternative combination: Procrassatella brenensis
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1932. New fossils from the Agglomerate Slate of Kashmir. Palaeontogical Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 20(1):1-79
Belongs to Oriocrassatella according to J. M. Dickins 1961
See also Reed 1932
Sister taxa: Oriocrassatella compressa, Oriocrassatella elongata, Oriocrassatella intermedia, Oriocrassatella lapidaria, Oriocrassatella piauiensis, Oriocrassatella plana, Oriocrassatella rutogensis, Oriocrassatella stokesi, Oriocrassatella victori
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bren Spur Middlemiss Locality 1, which is in a Sakmarian coastal shale in the Agglomeratic Slate Formation of India
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of India (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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