Macrodontella Assmann 1916 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Parent taxon: Parallelodontidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alytodonta, Bapristodia, Cosmetodon, Cucullaria, Cucullopsis, Grammatodontinae, Kamenevus, Parallelodontinae, Pleurogrammatodon, Porterius, Spitionella

Subtaxa: Macrodontella lamellosa

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Type: Macrodontella lamellosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at SEZ.D, Rasa di Varese (Triassic of Italy)

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