Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: Q. L. Feng, X. S. Cui, and B. P. Liu. 1992. Discovery of Late Permian bivalve fauna from Laochang of Lancang, west Yunnan and its biogeographic characteristics. Earth Science - China University of Geosciences 17:512-520

Belongs to Parallelodon according to Q. L. Feng et al. 1992

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 latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, 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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Laochang, Lancang, which is in a Changhsingian marine siliciclastic in the Laochang Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell length 26.4, valve length 33.4