Trigonia somaliensis Stefanini 1939 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Full reference: G. Stefanini. 1939. Molluschi del Giuralias della Somalia, Gasteropodi e Lamellibranchi [Jurassic molluscs from Somalia, gastropods and bivalves]. Palaeontographia Italica 32(4):103-270

Belongs to Trigonia according to G. Stefanini 1939

Sister taxa: Trigonia (Clavitrigonia), Trigonia (Heslingtonia), Trigonia (Indotrigonia), Trigonia (Kumatrigonia), Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia), Trigonia (Primatrigonia), Trigonia (Prosogyrotrigonia), Trigonia (Protrigonia), Trigonia (Trigonia), Trigonia aequicostata, Trigonia analoga, Trigonia angulicosta, Trigonia antiqua, Trigonia azzarolae, Trigonia bowersiana, Trigonia carinata, Trigonia castani, Trigonia charlottensis, Trigonia columbiana, Trigonia coqueiroensis, Trigonia depauperata, Trigonia devexa, Trigonia doroschini, Trigonia eufalensis, Trigonia gibboniana, Trigonia hemisphaerica, Trigonia imbricata, Trigonia intersitans, Trigonia kayana, Trigonia kefersteini, Trigonia literata, Trigonia maastrichtiana, Trigonia maloneana, Trigonia marginata, Trigonia melhasei, Trigonia montanaensis, Trigonia mooreana, Trigonia nodulosa, Trigonia obliqua, Trigonia oregona, Trigonia orientalis, Trigonia oviedensis, Trigonia pandicosta, Trigonia papuana, Trigonia picteti, Trigonia plana, Trigonia plumasensis, Trigonia pseudocrenulata, Trigonia pullus, Trigonia rebouli, Trigonia reesidei, Trigonia reticulata, Trigonia sulcata, Trigonia tabacoensis, Trigonia thierachensis, Trigonia undulata, Trigonia undulatocostata, Trigonia wilckensi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Anole Issa, Oolitico inferiore, which is in a Callovian/Oxfordian marine horizon in Somalia

Ecology: fast-moving shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Anole Issa, Oolitico inferiore

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