Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Alternative spelling: Verticordia (Trigonulina)
Parent taxon: Verticordiidae according to P. Jung 1996
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acreuciroa, Euciroa, Halicardia, Halicardissa, Haliris, Kurinuia, Laevicordia, Lyonsiella, Pecchiolia, Setaliris, Spinosipella, Vertambitus, Verticordia, Vertisphaera, Policordia, Dallicordia
Subtaxa: Trigonulina bowdenensis Trigonulina novemcostata Trigonulina ornata Trigonulina pacifica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (2 collections), United States (8: California, Florida, North Carolina)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), the Dominican Republic (5), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (3), Panama (10), United States (1: North Carolina), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)
• Miocene of the Dominican Republic (13), Panama (3), United States (2: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (7: Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 59 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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