Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Alternative spelling: Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia)
Parent taxon: Trigoniidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox 1952 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanomyphoria, Actinotrigonia, Anditrigoniinae, Asiatotrigonia, Buchotrigonia, 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, Sichuantrigonia, Sphenotrigonia, Trigoniinae, Turbitrigonia, Lyrodon
Subtaxa: Rutitrigonia affinis Rutitrigonia coquandiana Rutitrigonia dunscombiensis Rutitrigonia jacksonensis Rutitrigonia laeviuscula Rutitrigonia longa Rutitrigonia mesembria Rutitrigonia neumayri Rutitrigonia palaeopatagonica Rutitrigonia peregrina Rutitrigonia pongolensis Rutitrigonia pseudoindica Rutitrigonia regina Rutitrigonia semiculta
Type: Rutitrigonia peregrina
Ecology: fast-moving shallow infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Albania (1 collection), Argentina (1), Chile (5), Japan (3), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), Mozambique (1), Switzerland (2), Ukraine (12), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: California)
• Jurassic of Kenya (2)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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