Rutitrigonia van Hoepen 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Alternative spelling: Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia)

Parent taxon: Trigoniidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox 1952 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, Nipponitrigonia, Nototrigonia, Nototrigoniinae, Opisthotrigonia, Pacitrigonia, Pleurotrigoniinae, Prorotrigonia, Psilotrigoniinae, Quadratotrigonia, Quoiecchia, Sichuantrigonia, Sphenotrigonia, Trigoniinae, Turbitrigonia, Lyrodon

Subtaxa: Rutitrigonia affinis Rutitrigonia agrioensis Rutitrigonia bornhardti Rutitrigonia coquandiana Rutitrigonia dietrichi Rutitrigonia dunscombiensis Rutitrigonia excentrica Rutitrigonia jacksonensis Rutitrigonia janenschi Rutitrigonia laeviuscula Rutitrigonia longa Rutitrigonia mesembria Rutitrigonia neumayri Rutitrigonia niongalensis Rutitrigonia palaeopatagonica Rutitrigonia peregrina Rutitrigonia pongolensis Rutitrigonia pseudoindica Rutitrigonia regina Rutitrigonia schwarzi Rutitrigonia semiculta

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Type: Rutitrigonia peregrina

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Albania (1 collection), Argentina (1), Chile (14), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Switzerland (2), Tanzania (5), Ukraine (13), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: California)

• Jurassic of Kenya (2), Tanzania (6)

Total: 54 collections including 57 occurrences

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