Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Alternative combination: Trigonia condoni
Synonym: Trigonia packardi Anderson 1958
Full reference: E. L. Packard. 1921. The Trigoniae from the Pacific Coast of North America. University of Oregon Publications 1(9)
Belongs to Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) according to D. L. Jones 1960
See also Anderson 1958 and Packard 1921
Sister taxa: Apiotrigonia (Apiotrigonia), Apiotrigonia buchi, Apiotrigonia calderoni, Apiotrigonia disparilis, Apiotrigonia maudensis, Apiotrigonia newcombei, Apiotrigonia pennata, Apiotrigonia progonos, Apiotrigonia robinaldina, Apiotrigonia turcmenensis, Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) sulcataria
Type specimens:
- Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) condoni: Condom Museum type number 3, a shell
- Trigonia packardi: Its type locality is CAS loc. 1345, Texas Springs, on road leading to Centerville, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: fast-moving shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (9: California, Oregon collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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