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

Sister taxa: Lithophaga (Diberus), Lithophaga (Labis), Lithophaga (Lithophaga), Lithophaga (Myoforceps), Lithophaga affinis, Lithophaga aristata, Lithophaga conchafodentis, Lithophaga consobrina, Lithophaga cordata, Lithophaga fabella, Lithophaga gigantea, Lithophaga gracilis, Lithophaga inclusa, Lithophaga lingua, Lithophaga lithophaga, Lithophaga lycetti, Lithophaga maikaensis, Lithophaga mucronata, Lithophaga nasuta, Lithophaga nigra, Lithophaga nuda, Lithophaga petricolides, Lithophaga petricoloides, Lithophaga subalveata, Lithophaga subelliptica, Lithophaga teres, Lithophaga yorkensis, Lithodomus brevis, Lithodomus sublithophagus, Lithodomus hemirhabdota, Lithodomus portlandicus, 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

Average measurements (in mm): valve 23.0 x 5.0