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Parallelodon trapezium

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Taxonomy
Parallelodon trapezium was named by Cox (1928). Its type specimen is BMNH L.48644, a valve (left valve), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bed 120d, Crumbly Bed, Golden Cap, which is in an Ibex offshore marl in the Belemnite Marls Formation of the United Kingdom.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Parallelodon trapezium Cox p. 240 figs. Pl 18, figs 5a,b

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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
speciestrapezium

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
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