Pterotrigonia cristata van Hoepen 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Alternative combination: Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia) cristata

Belongs to Pterotrigonia according to L. R. Cox 1952

See also Stilwell 1998

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Mozambique (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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