Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative combination: Macrodon whitei
Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1896. La Fauna de Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo - Pelecypoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 21:183-220
Belongs to Parallelodon according to M. E. Clapham 2015
See also Gemmellaro 1896
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 xijinwulanensis, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon mediodepressum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio
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