Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae

Alternative combination: Productus (Dictyoclostus) tumefacta

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1944. Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range. Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23(2):1-596

Belongs to Tyloplecta according to G. R. Shi and Z. Q. Chen 2003

Sister taxa: Tyloplecta adumbrata, Tyloplecta bulangensis, Tyloplecta costiferinoides, Tyloplecta crassica, Tyloplecta crassiplicata, Tyloplecta grandicostata, Tyloplecta huadongensis, Tyloplecta insulcata, Tyloplecta magna, Tyloplecta mangolensis, Tyloplecta minor, Tyloplecta nankingensis, Tyloplecta pauciplicata, Tyloplecta persica, Tyloplecta radiata, Tyloplecta rossica, Tyloplecta sinoindica, Tyloplecta subrichthofeni, Tyloplecta yangtzeensis, Tyloplecta yichunensis

Type specimen: K29.231, a valve. Its type locality is SE of Sambalwala, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian marine horizon in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve 38.0 x 43.0