Oistotrigonia Cox 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae

Alternative spelling: Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia)

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1952. Notes on the Trigoniidae, with outlines of a classification of the family. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29:45-70

Parent taxon: Oistotrigoniinae according to S. Mendir et al. 2021

See also Cox 1952, Glaessner 1958, Sepkoski 2002, Tashiro 1988 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Bacatigonia, Henrywoodsia, Orbigonina, Renatoreyesia, Yaninella

Subtaxa: Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) kitamurai Linotrigonia (Oistotrigonia) lima Oistotrigonia archiaciana Oistotrigonia constantii Oistotrigonia crenifera Oistotrigonia cunningtoni Oistotrigonia guelemensis Oistotrigonia inornata Oistotrigonia lamarckii Oistotrigonia parva Oistotrigonia pulchra Oistotrigonia pygoscelium Oistotrigonia pyrrha Oistotrigonia spinosa Oistotrigonia subspinosa Oistotrigonia tenuisulcata Oistotrigonia upwarensis Oistotrigonia vicaryana Oistotrigonia weberi

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (8 collections), Australia (1), Azerbaijan (1), France (2), Germany (1), India (1), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (8), Papua New Guinea (1), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)

• Jurassic of Japan (1)

Total: 30 collections including 31 occurrences

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