Pterotrigonia crenulata Lamarck 1819 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Alternative combination: Trigonia crenulata

Belongs to Pterotrigonia according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957

See also Newton 1917

Sister taxa: Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Pterotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Ptilotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Rinetrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia), Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) eufaulensis, Pterotrigonia borgesi, Pterotrigonia cristata, Pterotrigonia ethra, Pterotrigonia evansana, Pterotrigonia klamathonia, Pterotrigonia oregana, Pterotrigonia vaelsiensis, Rinetrigonia ventricosa, Notoscabrotrigonia tocaimaana, Pisotrigonia salebrosa

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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