Macrodon formosum De Toni 1913 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: A. De Toni. 1913. Illustrazione della fauna triasica di Valdepena (Cadore) [Illustration of the Triassic fauna of Valdepena (Cadore)]. Memorie dell´ Instituto Geologico della R. Università di Padova 2:1-194

Belongs to Macrodon according to A. De Toni 1913

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 trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon geminum

Type specimen: Its type locality is Valdepena Limestone Quarry, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Valdepena Limestone Quarry

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