Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Parent taxon: Vaugonia according to Crickmay 1930
Sister taxa: Vaugonia (Hijitrigonia), Vaugonia angulata, Vaugonia clythia, Vaugonia detrita, Vaugonia doroschini, Vaugonia flecta, Vaugonia flexicostata, Vaugonia goodalli, Vaugonia gottschei, Vaugonia hauchcornei, Vaugonia hectorleanzai, Vaugonia imlayi, Vaugonia kobayashii, Vaugonia obliqua, Vaugonia oregonensis, Vaugonia substriata, Vaugonia tripartita, Vaugonia utahensis, Vaugonia vancouverensis, Vaugonia vcostata, Vaugonia veronica, Vaugonia yukonensis
Subtaxa: Vaugonia (Vaugonia) kawhiana Vaugonia (Vaugonia) spedeni
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Heterian of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (4)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (2), Cuba (1), Japan (12), New Zealand (9)
Total: 33 collections including 39 occurrences