Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1987. Late Palaeozoic Mollusca and correlations from the south-east Bowen Basin, east Australia. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 198(4-6):129-233
Belongs to Parallelodon according to J. B. Waterhouse 1987
Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon chemungensis, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon groeberi, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon maxiai, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon badiana
Type specimen: UQ F74304, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is UQ L4580, quarry along highway north of Theodore, Bowen Basin, which is in a Wuchiapingian coastal siliciclastic in the Flat Top Formation of Australia.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (22 collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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