Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Parent taxon: Trigoniidae according to L. R. Cox 1952
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanomyphoria, Actinotrigonia, Anditrigoniinae, Asiatotrigonia, Climacotrigonia, Eotrigonia, Geratrigonia, Heterotrigonia, Ibotrigonia, Korobkovitrigonia, Kyushutrigonia, Latitrigonia, Linotrigonia, Liotrigonia, Luxitrigonia, Lyroschizodus, Maputrigonia, Megatrigonia, Mesotrigonia, Microtrigonia, Minetrigonia, Minetrigoniinae, Myophorigonia, Neotrigonia, Neuquenitrigoniinae, Nipponitrigonia, Nototrigonia, Nototrigoniinae, Opisthotrigonia, Pacitrigonia, Pleurotrigoniinae, Prorotrigonia, Psilotrigoniinae, Quadratotrigonia, Quoiecchia, Rutitrigonia, Sichuantrigonia, Sphenotrigonia, Trigoniinae, Turbitrigonia, Lyrodon
Subtaxa: Buchotrigonia (Syrotrigonia) Buchotrigonia abrupta Buchotrigonia cazadoriana Buchotrigonia collombi Buchotrigonia deshayesi Buchotrigonia flexicostata Buchotrigonia inca Buchotrigonia pizcuetana Buchotrigonia scheibei
Ecology: fast-moving shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1 collection), Mexico (1), Peru (4)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (2)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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