Parallelodon trimuensis Reed 1944 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

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 Parallelodon according to F. R. C. Reed 1944

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 theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, 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: GSI 17174, a shell. Its type locality is Hill 1/2 mile SSW of pt. 1185, "g" bed, south of Trimu Wahan, Salt Range, which is in a Wordian marine horizon in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hill 1/2 mile SSW of pt. 1185, "g" bed, south of Trimu Wahan, Salt Range

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