Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Full reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139
Belongs to Catella according to R. V. Melville 1956
Sister taxa: Catella (Oceanopieris), Catella (Torinosulcatella), Catella caterinae, Catella impressa, Catella laticlava, Macrodon (Catella) tyaughtonae
Type specimen: GSM Bj 1557, a valve. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (H. serpentinum Zone, H. exaratum Subzone, 706-720ft), which is in a Toarcian marine shale in the Upper Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Stowell Park borehole (H. serpentinum Zone, H. exaratum Subzone, 706-720ft)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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