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Parallelodon (Nanonavis) simillima

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Arca (Nemodon) simillima was named by Whiteaves (1900).

It was recombined as Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea) simillima by Reinhart (1937); it was recombined as Parallelodon (Nanonavis) simillima by Anderson (1958).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Grammatodon manuiensis, Grammatodon minum, Grammatodon sachalinensis, Grammatodon sachalinensis, Grammatodon securis, Grammatodon yokoyamai, Nanonavis awajianus, Nanonavis brevis, Nanonavis carinata, Nanonavis elongatus, Nanonavis parallelus, Nanonavis pseudocarinata, Nanonavis pseudocarinata, Nanonavis rustica, Nanonavis sachalinensis, Nanonavis sakodryensis, Nanonavis subdiscors, Nanonavis turgida, Nanonavis yokoyamai, P. azzarolae, P. azzouzi, P. baconicum, P. beyerchi, P. beyrichi, P. bistriatus, P. breweriana, P. buchmani, P. buckmani, P. bynei, P. caprinus, P. carbonarius, P. cingulatus, P. cingulatus, P. concinnum, P. corrugatus, P. cumshewaensis, P. curioni, P. curionii, P. currioni, P. cypriniformis, P. esiensis, P. esinense, P. esinensis, P. eudesi, P. formosissima, P. formosissimum, P. formosissimus, P. fossa, P. fraiponti, P. guangxiensis, P. hettangensis, P. hettangiense, P. hexacostata, P. illinoisensis, P. imagnesis, P. imbricarium, P. impressum, P. infraliassicus, P. infrequens, P. insignis, P. irvinensis, P. kingi, P. koikensis, P. louisianensis, P. lutugini, P. luxdorfensis, P. meridionalis, P. mimina, P. obtusus, P. ornatissimus, P. pindiroensis, P. productum, P. pullus, P. pumilus, P. quichaurensis, P. rugosum, P. semicostatus, P. simillimus, P. simplex, P. squamifer, P. squamosus, P. striatus, P. sulcosus, P. tenuistriata, P. theciformis, P. truncatus, P. verneuilianus, P. verneuilianus, P. vokesi, P. walciodorensis, P. inflatus, P. infraliassicus, P. kesennumensis, P. koikensis, P. nipponicus, P. niranohamensis, P. esinense, P. subnavicellus, P. kobayashii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Arca (Nemodon) simillima Whiteaves p. 393
1937Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea) simillima Reinhart p. 173 figs. Plate 27, figs 7a, b
1958Parallelodon (Nanonavis) simillima Anderson pp. 94 - 95

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—ArcioniGray 1854
orderArcida(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamilyArcoidea(Lamarck 1809)
familyParallelodontidaeDall 1898
subfamilyGrammatodontinaeBranson 1942
genusParallelodon()
subgenusNanonavis
speciessimillima(Whiteaves 1900)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-10 16:21:52
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:21:52
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available