Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Alternative combination: Myophoria columbiana
Full reference: F. H. McLearn. 1942. The neo-Triassic Cassianella fauna of Tyaughton Creek valley, B.C. The Canadian Field-Naturalist 56:99-103
Belongs to Maoritrigonia according to C. A. McRoberts and R. B. Blodgett 2000
See also McLearn 1942
Sister taxa: Maoritrigonia beringica, Maoritrigonia chekhovi, Maoritrigonia mollesensis, Maoritrigonia nuggetensis, Maoritrigonia otamitensis, Maoritrigonia pirouteti, Maoritrigonia sparsicostata
Type specimen: GSC 9443. Its type locality is Ridge east of south end of Spruce Lake, which is in a Rhaetian marine siliciclastic in the Tyaughton Formation of Canada.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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