†tribe Trinacriini MacNeil 1937 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

Alternative spelling: Trinacriinae

Parent taxon: Noetiinae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Dockery 1982, Matsubara et al. 2010, Moore 1983 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Arginella, Arginopsis, Didimacar, Halonanus, Hoernesarca, Matsumotoa, Noetiini, Noetiopsis, Protonoetia, Sheldonella, Striarcini

Subtaxa: Linter Pachecoa Trinacria

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (11: Florida collections)

• Oligocene of United States (4: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Belgium (2), France (2), Hungary (1), Japan (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (143: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1)

• Cretaceous of Colombia (1), United States (36: Alabama, California, Georgia, Texas)

Total: 206 collections including 269 occurrences

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