Nipponitrigonia Cox 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1952. Notes on the Trigoniidae, with outlines of a classification of the family. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29:45-70

Parent taxon: Trigoniidae according to L. R. Cox 1952

See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Actinotrigonia, Asiatotrigonia, Buchotrigonia, Climacotrigonia, Eotrigonia, Geratrigonia, Heterotrigonia, Ibotrigonia, Korobkovitrigonia, Kyushutrigonia, Latitrigonia, Linotrigonia, Liotrigonia, Luxitrigonia, Lyroschizodus, Maputrigonia, Megatrigonia, Mesotrigonia, Microtrigonia, Minetrigonia, Minetrigoniinae, Myophorigonia, Neotrigonia, Neuquenitrigoniinae, Nototrigonia, Nototrigoniinae, Opisthotrigonia, Pacitrigonia, Pleurotrigoniinae, Prorotrigonia, Psilotrigoniinae, Quadratotrigonia, Quoiecchia, Rutitrigonia, Sichuantrigonia, Sphenotrigonia, Trigoniinae, Turbitrigonia, Lyrodon

Subtaxa: Nipponitrigonia kikuchiana Nipponitrigonia naumanni

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Type: Trigonia kikuchiana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (36 collections)

• Jurassic of Japan (6)

Total: 42 collections including 52 occurrences

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