Minetrigonia suttonensis Clapp and Shimer 1911 (clam)

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (4: Alaska)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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