Orthotrigonia Cox 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae

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: Myophorellinae according to C. A. Fleming 1987

Sister taxa: Austromyophorella, Myophorella, Myophorellini, Scaphorella, Steinmanellini

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Ukraine (5 collections)

• Jurassic of Canada (7: British Columbia), India (9), Iran (2), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), New Zealand (1), Tunisia (2), United States (3: California, Wyoming)

Total: 31 collections including 32 occurrences

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