Pterotrigonia ethra Coquand 1880 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Alternative combination: Trigonia ethra

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

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterotrigonia ethra in the database

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