Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Alternative combinations: Byssoarca striata, Macrodon striata, Mytulites striatus

Synonyms: Arca loftusiana Howse 1848, Arca tumida Sowerby 1824, Byssoarca tumida Sowerby 1824

Full reference: E. F. von Schlotheim. 1816. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte der Versteinerungen in Geognostischer Hinsicht. Denkschriften der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Munchen für des Jahre 1816 und 1817 6:13-36

Belongs to Parallelodon according to V. A. Muromtseva and V. A. Guskov 1984

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 multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon geminum

Type specimens:

• Parallelodon striatus: Its type locality is Glücksbrunn, Thuringen, which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Zechstein Formation of Germany
• Arca loftusiana:
• Byssoarca tumida: Its type locality is Tunstal Hill, Durham, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 5.90 x 2.50, valve length 14.4