Terquemia difformis Schlotheim 1820 (clam)

Bivalvia - Pterioida - Prospondylidea

Alternative combinations: Enantiostreon difforme, Enantiostreon difformis, Ostrea difformis

Belongs to Terquemia according to J. Yin and C. A. McRoberts 2006

See also Awad 1945, Frech 1912 and Gall 1971

Sister taxa: Terquemia andina, Terquemia angustula, Terquemia heberti, Terquemia pectiniformis, Terquemia spondylina

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of China (1 collection), Germany (1)

• Triassic of China (4), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (9), Greenland (3), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Poland (4), Spain (4)

Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence

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