Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1942. The neo-Triassic Cassianella fauna of Tyaughton Creek valley, B.C. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 56:99-103
Belongs to Macrodon (Catella) according to F. H. McLearn 1942
Sister taxa: Catella (Oceanopieris), Catella (Torinosulcatella), Catella caterinae, Catella fossa, Catella impressa, Catella laticlava
Type specimen: GSC 9426. Its type locality is 7500 feet north of Tyaughton creek, which is in a Rhaetian marine siliciclastic in the Tyaughton Formation of Canada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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