Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Alternative combination: Catella maxiai
Belongs to Parallelodon according to Conti and Monari 1986
Sister taxa: Parallelodon (Gilbertwhitea), Parallelodon anaklastum, Parallelodon apenninicus, Parallelodon beyrichii, Parallelodon bimodoliratus, Parallelodon bittneri, Parallelodon brenensis, Parallelodon cancellosus, Parallelodon capillatus, Parallelodon carsulanus, Parallelodon chemungensis, Parallelodon comptus, Parallelodon corbina, Parallelodon datianensis, Parallelodon desioi, Parallelodon dickinsi, Parallelodon elongatum, Parallelodon groeberi, Parallelodon guizhouensis, Parallelodon hettangiensis, Parallelodon hirsonensis, Parallelodon hubeiensis, Parallelodon interrupta, Parallelodon jiaozishanensis, Parallelodon kingiana, Parallelodon laochangensis, Parallelodon latisinuatus, Parallelodon lianyuanensis, Parallelodon licharewi, Parallelodon longus, Parallelodon minima, Parallelodon monobensis, Parallelodon multilamellatus, Parallelodon multistriatus, Parallelodon obsoletus, Parallelodon qinghaiensis, Parallelodon rectangulus, Parallelodon respectus, Parallelodon riccardii, Parallelodon rudis, Parallelodon rugosus, Parallelodon sangamonensis, Parallelodon striatus, Parallelodon subarguta, Parallelodon subtilistriatus, Parallelodon sulcatus, Parallelodon tectum, Parallelodon tenuistriatus, Parallelodon theodorensis, Parallelodon trapezium, Parallelodon trimuensis, Parallelodon uralicus, Parallelodon whitei, Parallelodon xijinwulanensis, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon elongatus, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon badiana, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon subesinensis, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon hamiltonae
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bivio Macerino (dike A) , which is in an Aalenian marine carbonate/carbonate in Italy
Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bivio Macerino (dike A)
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