Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Synonym: Promyophorella
Parent taxon: Myophorellinae according to E. Pérez et al. 2008
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox 1952, Cox et al. 1969, Fleming 1987, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Austromyophorella, Myophorellini, Orthotrigonia, Scaphorella, Steinmanellini
Subtaxa: Myophorella (Clavitrigonia) Myophorella (Clavotrigonia) Myophorella (Haidaia) Myophorella (Myophorella) Myophorella (Orthotrigonia) Myophorella (Scaphogonia) Myophorella (Scaphotrigonia) Myophorella alaskaensis Myophorella amdoensis Myophorella argo Myophorella clavulosa Myophorella dawsoni Myophorella devexa Myophorella formosa Myophorella freboldi Myophorella nodulosa Myophorella orientalis Myophorella packardi Myophorella tipperi Myophorella tuxedniensis Myophorella yellowstonensis
Type: Trigonia nodulosa
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (2), Chile (13), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Ukraine (6), the United Kingdom (14)
• Heterian of New Zealand (6)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (15), Chile (4), Japan (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (6), Argentina (29), Canada (63: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (25), China (1), France (30), Germany (7), Greenland (11), Iran (3), Japan (16), Kenya (1), Luxembourg (4), Mexico (2), New Zealand (6), Peru (1), Poland (2), Portugal (24), Spain (34), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (2), Thailand (3), the United Kingdom (64), United States (43: Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming), Vietnam (1)
Total: 446 collections including 495 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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