Pterotrigonia ethra Coquand 1880 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Alternative combination: Trigonia ethra

Belongs to Pterotrigonia according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957

Sister taxa: Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis, Pterotrigonia borgesi, Pterotrigonia crenulata, Pterotrigonia cristata, Pterotrigonia evansana, Pterotrigonia klamathonia, Pterotrigonia oregana, Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis, Notoscabrotrigonia tocaimaana, Pisotrigonia salebrosa, Rinetrigonia ventricosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterotrigonia ethra in the database

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