Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Alternative spellings: Arca (Trigonoarca), Trigonoarca
Parent taxon: Arcullaeinae according to E. Gliozzi and A. Malatesta 1983
See also Lombard 1930, Palmer and Brann 1965, Reinhart 1943, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Arcullaea, Peruarca, Pettersia, Protarca, Spinarcullaea
Subtaxa: Trigonarca (Costelliarca) Trigonarca acclivis Trigonarca angolensis Trigonarca californica Trigonarca camerunensis Trigonarca cardiformis Trigonarca curvatodonta Trigonarca excavata Trigonarca furoni Trigonarca jacksonensis Trigonarca jessupae Trigonarca ligeriensis Trigonarca manzadinensis Trigonarca schweinfurthi Trigonarca sectilis Trigonarca semiglabra Trigonarca tumida
Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Algeria (1), Angola (4), Austria (1), Brazil (2), Bulgaria (1), Cameroon (13), Colombia (1), the Congo-Brazzaville (2), Egypt (2), Germany (1), India (5), Japan (4), Jordan (1), Libya (1), Madagascar (4), Mali (1), Mexico (3), Mozambique (2), Nigeria (6), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (1), Senegal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Tunisia (3), USSR (3), the United Kingdom (2), United States (59: Alabama, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Jurassic of United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 135 collections including 168 occurrences
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