†family Laevitrigoniidae Saveliev 1958 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae

Parent taxon: Myophorelloidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Buchotrigoniidae, Myophorellidae

Subtaxa: Frenguelliellinae Laevitrigoniinae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (10 collections), Argentina (1), India (2), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (24), Canada (16: British Columbia, Yukon, Yukon Territory), Chile (21), India (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (6), New Zealand (1), Somalia (1), Tanzania (7), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: Nevada, Oregon)

• Triassic of United States (8: Nevada, Oregon)

Total: 110 collections including 120 occurrences

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