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Parallelodon Meek & Worthen, 1866 †
526455 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:526455)
accepted
Genus
Macrodon rugosus Buckman, 1845 † accepted as Parallelodon rugosus (Buckman, 1845) † (type by typification of replaced name)
Arca (Macrodon) Buckman, 1845 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Beushausenia Cossmann, 1897 † · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Macrodon Buckman, 1845 † · unaccepted > junior homonym (junior homonym of Macrodon...)
junior homonym of Macrodon Schinz, 1822 [Pisces]; Parallelodon and Beushausenia are replacement names
Macrodus [sic] † · unaccepted (incorrect subsequent spelling of...)
incorrect subsequent spelling of Macrodon Buckman, 1845, which is a junior homonym of Macrodon Schinz, 1822 [Pisces]; Parallelodon and Beushausenia are replacement names
- Species Parallelodon beneckei (Tornquist, 1896) †
- Species Parallelodon bynei L. R. Cox & Arkell, 1948 †
- Species Parallelodon chemungensis (J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869) †
- Species Parallelodon decheni (von Koenen, 1879) †
- Species Parallelodon geinitzi De Koninck, 1885 †
- Species Parallelodon geinitzianus (Krotov, 1885) †
- Species Parallelodon guangxiensis Pojeta, R.-J. Zhang & Z.-Y. Yang, 1986 †
- Species Parallelodon hamiltoniae (J. Hall & Whitfield, 1869) †
- Species Parallelodon hirsonensis (d'Archiac, 1843) †
- Species Parallelodon junggarensis Z.-R. Yang, 1983 †
- Species Parallelodon kingianus (Verneuil, 1845) †
- Species Parallelodon meridionalis de Koninck, 1885 †
- Species Parallelodon pauli Friedel & Amler, 2024 †
- Species Parallelodon pictum (Milaschewitsch, 1881) †
- Species Parallelodon rouillieri (Lahusen, 1883) †
- Species Parallelodon rudis (J. de C. Sowerby, 1824) †
- Species Parallelodon rugosus (Buckman, 1845) †
- Species Parallelodon semicostatus (McCoy, 1844) †
- Species Parallelodon striatus (Schlotheim, 1820) †
- Species Parallelodon substriatus (Krotov, 1885) †
- Species Parallelodon suzukii (Nakazawa, 1999) †
- Species Parallelodon tamuganeensis Z.-R. Yang, 1983 †
- Species Parallelodon tenuistria (McCoy, 1844) †
- Species Parallelodon xijinwulanensis J.-G. Sha, 1995 †
- Species Parallelodon yamansuensis Z.-R. Yang, 1983 †
- Species Parallelodon zerrenneri (Schauroth, 1853) †
- Subgenus Parallelodon (Nanonavis) R. B. Stewart, 1930 † accepted as Nanonavis R. B. Stewart, 1930 † (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Subgenus Parallelodon (Porterius) B. L. Clark, 1925 accepted as Porterius B. L. Clark, 1925 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Species Parallelodon balakhonskiensis Ragozin, 1931 † accepted as Kinerkaella balakhonskiensis (Ragozin, 1931) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Parallelodon cardioceratanum Crickmay, 1930 † accepted as Grammatodon cardioceratanum (Crickmay, 1930) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Parallelodon carinatus (J. Sowerby, 1813) † accepted as Nanonavis carinata (J. Sowerby, 1813) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Parallelodon mrassiensis Ragozin, 1931 † accepted as Kinerkaella mrassiensis (Ragozin, 1931) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Parallelodon obliquatus Yokoyama, 1920 accepted as Porterius dalli (E. A. Smith, 1885)
- Species Parallelodon chihliensis Chao, 1927 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon datianensis J.-H. Li & B.-L. Ding, 1982 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon hubeiensis R.-J. Zhang, 1977 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon lianyuanensis R.-J. Zhang, 1977 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon louisianensis J. S. Williams, 1931 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon radiatus Rotkytė, 1966 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon subperlongi X.-M. Gan, 1978 † (uncertain > unassessed)
- Species Parallelodon tieni Chao, 1927 † (uncertain > unassessed)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
masculine
Meek, F. B. & Worthen, A. H. (1866). Descriptions of Palaeozoic fossils from the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks of Illinois, and other western states. <em>Proceedings of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 11-23.
page(s): 17 [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Parallelodon Meek & Worthen, 1866 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=526455 on 2025-09-12
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original description
Meek, F. B. & Worthen, A. H. (1866). Descriptions of Palaeozoic fossils from the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks of Illinois, and other western states. <em>Proceedings of the Chicago Academy of Sciences.</em> 1: 11-23.
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Beushausenia Cossmann, 1897 †) Cossmann, M. (1897). Paléoconchologie. <em>Revue Critique de Paléozoologie.</em> 1(2): 91-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14499388
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Macrodon Buckman, 1845 †) Buckman, J. (1845). Descriptions of the new species of fossils named in the foregoing list. In: R.I. Murchison, Outline of the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Cheltenham. A new edition, augmented and revised by James Buckman, F.G.S., and H. E. Strickland, M.A., F.G.S. John Murray, London / H. Davies, Cheltenham; pp. 93-106, pls. 1-13., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=GK9KmkjQFYYC
page(s): 98; note: authorship attributed to Lycett, but there is no indication that the description is actually from that author [details]
page(s): 17 [details]
original description (of Beushausenia Cossmann, 1897 †) Cossmann, M. (1897). Paléoconchologie. <em>Revue Critique de Paléozoologie.</em> 1(2): 91-112., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14499388
page(s): 93 [details]
original description (of Macrodon Buckman, 1845 †) Buckman, J. (1845). Descriptions of the new species of fossils named in the foregoing list. In: R.I. Murchison, Outline of the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Cheltenham. A new edition, augmented and revised by James Buckman, F.G.S., and H. E. Strickland, M.A., F.G.S. John Murray, London / H. Davies, Cheltenham; pp. 93-106, pls. 1-13., available online at https://books.google.de/books?id=GK9KmkjQFYYC
page(s): 98; note: authorship attributed to Lycett, but there is no indication that the description is actually from that author [details]
