Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Alternative combinations: Myophoria suttonensis, Myophorigonia suttonensis
Full reference: C. H. Clapp and H. W. Shimer. 1911. The Sutton Jurassic of the Vancouver group, Vancouver Island. Boston Society of Natural History Proceedings 34:426-438
Belongs to Minetrigonia according to C. A. McRoberts and R. B. Blodgett 2000
See also Clapp and Shimer 1911, Cox 1952, Smith 1927 and Tamura and McRoberts 1993
Sister taxa: Minetrigonia anadyrensis, Minetrigonia bulunensis, Minetrigonia hegiensis, Minetrigonia multicostata, Minetrigonia pascoensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC 13703, Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Sutton Formation of Canada
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (4: Alaska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.