ammonites
Gouldia primaeva Waagen 1881 (venus clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1881. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part III. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(3):185-328

Belongs to Gouldia according to W. Waagen 1881

Sister taxa: Gouldia (Circenita), Gouldia (Gouldia), Gouldia (Gouldiopa), Gouldia (Paragouldia), Gouldia alta, Gouldia cerina, Gouldia circularis, Gouldia costaricensis, Gouldia insularis, Gouldia minuta, Gouldia subpusilla

Type specimen: Its type locality is Virgal, topmost beds of Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range, which is in a Changhsingian marine sandstone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 5.50