Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Parallelodon (Nanonavis) according to F. M. Anderson 1958
Sister taxa: Nanonavis breweriana, Parallelodon (Nanonavis) carinatus, Parallelodon (Nanonavis) cumshewensis, Parallelodon (Nanonavis) nanainoenis, Parallelodon (Nanonavis) simillima, Parallelodon (Nanonavis) whiteavesi
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS loc1658, Santa Ynez Mountains, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CAS loc. 1658, Santa Ynez Mountains
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