Nemodon canadensis Russell and Landes 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes. 1937. Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

Belongs to Nemodon according to L. S. Russell and R. W. Landes 1937

Sister taxa: Nemodon (Nemodon), Nemodon brevifrons, Nemodon grandis, Nemodon textrina, Nemodon vancouverensis, Parallelodon (Nemodon) nuarsense

Type specimen: GSC 9345, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Manyberries [Bearpaw Fm] (Cretaceous of Alberta)

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