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Parallelodon sulcatus

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy

Parallelodon sulcatus was named by Weller (1906).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

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

Entered

by J. Marcot on 2022-07-25

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1906	Parallelodon sulcatus Weller pp. 450 - 451 figs. pi. 2, figs, 6-9
1958	Parallelodon sulcatus Easton et al. p. 68 figs. Plate 3,D, figures 23-25

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Arcioni	Gray 1854
order	Arcida	(Stoliczka 1871)
superfamily	Arcoidea	(Lamarck 1809)
family	Parallelodontidae	Dall 1898
subfamily	Parallelodontinae	Dall 1898
genus	Parallelodon
species	sulcatus	Weller 1906

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.

†Parallelodon sulcatus Weller 1906

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteo

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Attached:

yesg

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 11:21:49

Modified:

2009-10-10 18:20:39

Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Osagean or 365.20000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian	365.2 - 358.86	USA (Missouri)	Parallelodon sulcatus (6026 6033 6048)
Kinderhookian - Osagean	358.86 - 342.9	Mexico (Sonora)	Parallelodon sulcatus (5616)