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Parallelodon striatus

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Mytulites striatus was named by von Schlotheim (1816). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Byssoarca striata by King (1850); it was recombined as Macrodon striata by Howse (1857); it was recombined as Arca striata by Geinitz (1861); it was recombined as Macrodon striatum by Airaghi (1907); it was recombined as Parallelodon striatus by Newell (1955), Logan (1967), Pattison (1970) and Muromtseva and Guskov (1984).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Mytulites striatus von Schlotheim p. 31 figs. Pl 6, figs 3a-c
1824Arca tumida Sowerby p. 116 figs. Pl 474, fig 3
1829Cucullaea sulcata Sowerby p. 119
1834Arca antiqua Munster
1848Arca loftusiana Howse p. 246
1848Arca tumida Howse p. 247
1850Byssoarca striata King p. 172 figs. Pl 15, figs 7-9
1850Byssoarca tumida King p. 173 figs. Pl 15, figs 1-5
1850Arca subtumida d'Orbigny p. 165
1857Macrodon striata Howse p. 308
1861Arca striata Geinitz p. 66 figs. Pl 13, figs 33,34
1907Macrodon striatum Airaghi p. 48
1955Parallelodon striatus Newell p. 29 figs. Pl 4, figs 7,8
1967Parallelodon striatus Logan p. 41 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-12
1970Parallelodon striatus Pattison p. 149
1984Parallelodon striatus Muromtseva and Guskov p. 37 figs. Pl 36, figs 1-6, 21

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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
subfamilyParallelodontinaeDall 1898
genusParallelodon
speciesstriatus()

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 striatus von Schlotheim 1816
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Invalid names: Arca antiqua Munster 1834 [synonym], Arca loftusiana Howse 1848 [synonym], Arca subtumida d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym], Byssoarca tumida Sowerby 1824 [synonym], Cucullaea sulcata Sowerby 1829 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available