Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Full reference: J. D. Stilwell and S. J. Gallagher. 2009. Biostratigraphy and macroinvertebrate palaeontology of the petroleum-rich Belfast Mudstone (Sherbrook Group, uppermost Turonian to mid-Santonian), Otway Basin, southeastern Australia. Cretaceous Research 30:873-884
Belongs to Oistotrigonia according to J. D. Stilwell and S. J. Gallagher 2009
Sister taxa: Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) kitamurai, Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) lima, Oistotrigonia antarctica, Oistotrigonia archiaciana, Oistotrigonia constantii, Oistotrigonia crenifera, Oistotrigonia cunningtoni, Oistotrigonia guelemensis, Oistotrigonia inornata, Oistotrigonia lamarckii, Oistotrigonia ornata, Oistotrigonia parva, Oistotrigonia pulchra, Oistotrigonia pygoscelium, Oistotrigonia pyrrha, Oistotrigonia spinosa, Oistotrigonia subspinosa, Oistotrigonia tenuisulcata, Oistotrigonia upwarensis, Oistotrigonia vicaryana, Oistotrigonia waiparensis, Oistotrigonia weberi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Otway Basin, Drik Drik-1 Well, which is in a Coniacian prodelta mudstone/sandstone in the Belfast Mudstone Formation of Australia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Otway Basin, Drik Drik-1 Well
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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