Macrodon elongatus Bittner 1901 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1901. Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias des Bakonyer Waldes [Bivalves from the Triassic of the Bakony Forest]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(3):1-107

Belongs to Macrodon according to A. Bittner 1901

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 maxiai, 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 badiana, Macrodon mediodepressum, Macrodon elongatum, Macrodon rufae, Macrodon truncatus, Macrodon imbricarius, Macrodon solitarius, Macrodon sturi, Macrodon scaber, Macrodon klipsteini, Macrodon formosum, Macrodon esinense, Macrodon hamiltonae, Macrodon strigilatum, Macrodon geminum, Macrodon punctata, Macrodon juttensis, Macrodon curionii, Macrodon subesinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hajmáskér, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in the Vászoly Formation of Hungary

Ecology: facultatively mobile low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hajmáskér

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