Bivalvia - Pectinida - Eurydesmatidae
Full reference: M. R. Sahni and J.P. Srivastava. 1956. Discovery of Eurydesma and Conularia in the eastern Himalaya and description of associated faunas. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 1:202-214
Belongs to Eurydesma according to M. R. Sahni and J.P. Srivastava 1956
Sister taxa: Eurydesma aequale, Eurydesma alisulcatum, Eurydesma altum, Eurydesma amygdalinum, Eurydesma austini, Eurydesma burnettensis, Eurydesma compressa, Eurydesma cordatum, Eurydesma demissum, Eurydesma hobartense, Eurydesma inflatum, Eurydesma manendragarhensis, Eurydesma mytiloides, Eurydesma obscurum, Eurydesma pertenue, Eurydesma perversum, Eurydesma playfordi, Eurydesma punjabicum, Eurydesma subdepressa, Eurydesma subobliquum, Eurydesma subovatum, Eurydesma sulcatum
Type specimen: GSI 17648. Its type locality is Khemgaon Chorten, Sikkim, which is in an Asselian coastal sandstone in India.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Khemgaon Chorten, Sikkim
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