Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative spelling: Indogrammatodon
Parent taxon: Grammatodon according to J. Marwick 1953
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Grammatodon (Grammatodon), Grammatodon (Lamellelodon), Grammatodon (Nanonavis), Grammatodon (Nordenskjoldia), Grammatodon concinnus, Grammatodon inornata, Grammatodon insons, Grammatodon malayensis, Grammatodon sulcatus, Grammatodon toyorensis, Grammatodon tripartitus
Subtaxa: Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) egertonianus Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) fyfei Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) sparsilineatus Grammatodon (Indogrammatodon) taylori Indogrammatodon vancouverensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), Germany (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), United States (31: California)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Jurassic of China (2), Eritrea (1), Ethiopia (3), India (82), Japan (2), Madagascar (8), New Zealand (11), Somalia (10), Yemen (15)
Total: 173 collections including 179 occurrences