Pterotrigonia cristata van Hoepen 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Alternative combination: Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) cristata

Belongs to Pterotrigonia according to L. R. Cox 1952

See also Stilwell 1998

Sister taxa: Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis, Pterotrigonia borgesi, Pterotrigonia crenulata, Pterotrigonia ethra, Pterotrigonia evansana, Pterotrigonia klamathonia, Pterotrigonia oregana, Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis, Rinetrigonia ventricosa, Pisotrigonia salebrosa, Notoscabrotrigonia tocaimaana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mozambique (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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