†Psilotrigonia vegaensis Pérez et al. 2008 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Full reference: E. Pérez, M. Aberhan, R. Reyes and A. Hillebrandt. 2008. Early Jurassic Bivalvia of northern Chile. Part III. Order Trigonioida. Beringeria 39:51-102
Belongs to Psilotrigonia according to E. Pérez et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Psilotrigonia beesleyana, Psilotrigonia zealandica
Type specimen: SNGM 591, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Vega Redonda, Atacama, which is in a Sinemurian/Pliensbachian open shallow subtidal horizon in Chile.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Vega Redonda, Atacama
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