Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Belongs to Parallelodon according to Sowerby 1824

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 rugosus, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon strigilatum

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder