Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Parent taxon: Trigoniidae according to L. R. Cox 1952
See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinotrigonia, Asiatotrigonia, Buchotrigonia, Climacotrigonia, Eotrigonia, Geratrigonia, Heterotrigonia, Ibotrigonia, Korobkovitrigonia, Kyushutrigonia, Latitrigonia, Linotrigonia, Liotrigonia, Luxitrigonia, Lyroschizodus, Maputrigonia, Mesotrigonia, Microtrigonia, Minetrigonia, Minetrigoniinae, Myophorigonia, Neotrigonia, Neuquenitrigoniinae, Nipponitrigonia, Nototrigonia, Nototrigoniinae, Opisthotrigonia, Pacitrigonia, Pleurotrigoniinae, Prorotrigonia, Psilotrigoniinae, Quadratotrigonia, Quoiecchia, Rutitrigonia, Sichuantrigonia, Sphenotrigonia, Trigoniinae, Turbitrigonia, Lyrodon
Subtaxa: Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) Megatrigonia (Iotrigonia) Megatrigonia arsinoe Megatrigonia carrincurensis Megatrigonia conocardiiformis Megatrigonia discors Megatrigonia eximia Megatrigonia obesa Megatrigonia picunensis Megatrigonia pusilla Megatrigonia staffi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1 collection), Argentina (2), Australia (1), Chile (2), India (2), Japan (36), New Zealand (7), the Russian Federation (2), South Africa (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkmenistan (2), USSR (1), Ukraine (1), United States (10: California, Oregon)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), India (1), Tanzania (2)
Total: 79 collections including 92 occurrences
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