Paraschizodus Newell and Boyd 1975 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae

Full reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1975. Parallel evolution in early trigonacean bivalves. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 154(2):55-162

Parent taxon: Myophoriidae according to L. H. C. Mello 1999

See also Newell and Boyd 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amlerella, Atalantia, Baidiostraca, Caledogonia, Costatoria, Dolabra, Elegantinia, Erugonia, Gruenewaldia, Guizhoumyophoria, Hefteria, Heminajas, Myophoria, Neoschizodus, Praemyophoria, Rhenania, Rhenanomya, Toechomya, Trionychodia, Yangella, Cytherodon

Subtaxa: Paraschizodus elongatus Paraschizodus rothi

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Type: Paraschizodus elongatus

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas, Wyoming collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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