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
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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