Maoritrigonia chekhovi Bychkov 1985 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Full reference: Y. M. Bychkov. 1985. Pozdnetriasovye mollyuski Khrebta Kenkeren (Koryakskoe Nagorye). Dvustvorchatye i Golovonogie Mollyuski Mezozoya Severo-Vostoka SSSR 5-24

Belongs to Maoritrigonia according to Y. M. Bychkov 1985

Sister taxa: Maoritrigonia beringica, Maoritrigonia columbiana, Maoritrigonia mollesensis, Maoritrigonia nuggetensis, Maoritrigonia otamitensis, Maoritrigonia pirouteti, Maoritrigonia sparsicostata

Type specimen: SVPGO 46/858. Its type locality is Kenkereveem River, Kenkeren Ridge, Koryak (lower-middle Norian), which is in a Lacian/Alaunian carbonate limestone in the Russian Federation.

Ecology: fast-moving shallow infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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