Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Parallelodon according to L. V. Kushnar 1986

Sister taxa: Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon geminum

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 18.9