Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) van Hoepen 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Parent taxon: Pterotrigonia according to van Hoepen 1929

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

Subtaxa: none

Type: Pterotrigonia cristata

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Japan (35), South Africa (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1)

• Jurassic of Antarctica (8)

Total: 46 collections including 60 occurrences

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