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†superfamily Trigonioidoidea Cox 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Andivaugonia, Antutitrigonia, Arabitrigonia, Beichuanioidea, Columbitrigonia, Dampietrigonia, Gobiella, Heslingtonia, Kupenga, Litotrigonia, Lyrodesmatacea, Macrotrigonia, Mediterraneotrigonia, Megatrigonioidea, Myophorellina, Myophorelloidea, Nakanotrigonia, Neuquenenitrigonia, Paranditrigonia, Procostaria, Pseudocardinioidea, Skwarkoella, Trigoniina, Trigonioidea, Trigonodoidea, Zaletrigonia, Zulutrigonia

Subtaxa: Americunioninae Jilinoconchidae Nakamuranaiadidae Nippononaiidae Plicatounionidae Pseudohyriidae Sainschandiidae Trigonioididae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of China (16 collections), Germany (1), Japan (22), Kyrgyzstan (1), Niger (1), South Korea (7)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)

• Jurassic of China (1), Spain (1)

Total: 51 collections including 57 occurrences

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