Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Alternative combination: Lithodomus atavus
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328
Belongs to Lithophaga according to N. D. Newell 1942
See also Waagen 1881
Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Leiosolenus), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga antillarum, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga bisulcata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga elongata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga inflexa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga praelonga, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga tubicola, Lithophaga turneri, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus australis, Lithodomus portlandicus, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus beetzi, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus claibornensis, Lithodomus permianus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chidru, topmost Productus Limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian coastal sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan
Ecology: stationary boring suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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