Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: K. Nakazawa. 1999. Permian bivalves from West Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Norway. Paleontological Research 3(1):1-17

Belongs to Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) according to K. Nakazawa 1999

Sister taxa: Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) keyserlingii, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) marshallensis, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) mediodepressum, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) obsoletiformis, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) politus, Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) sulcatinus

Type specimen: HP 100050, a shell (Butterflied articulated mould). Its type locality is Festningen, Unit 11, Spitsbergen (1989-91 coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian marine shale in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Festningen, Unit 11, Spitsbergen (1989-91 coll)

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