Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Modiomorphidae
Alternative combination: Parallelodus obliqua
Full reference: E.B. Branson. 1909. The fauna of the residuary Auburn chert of Lincoln County, Missouri. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 18(4):39-52
Belongs to Parallelodus according to L. R. Cox et al. 1969
See also Branson 1909 and Foerste 1920
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Walker Museum 11534, a shell. Its type locality is Residuary Auburn Chert Beds, east of Auburn , which is in a Turinian carbonate claystone in the Decorah Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (2: Missouri collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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