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†superfamily Megatrigonioidea van Hoepen 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida

Parent taxon: Trigoniida according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Andivaugonia, Antutitrigonia, Arabitrigonia, Beichuanioidea, Columbitrigonia, Dampietrigonia, Gobiella, Heslingtonia, Kupenga, Litotrigonia, Lyrodesmatacea, Macrotrigonia, Mediterraneotrigonia, Myophorellina, Myophorelloidea, Nakanotrigonia, Neuquenenitrigonia, Paranditrigonia, Procostaria, Pseudocardinioidea, Skwarkoella, Trigoniina, Trigonioidea, Trigonioidoidea, Trigonodoidea, Zaletrigonia, Zulutrigonia

Subtaxa: Pterotrigoniidae

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Antarctica (8), Argentina (7), Australia (2), Azerbaijan (1), Chile (2), Colombia (1), France (2), Germany (1), India (1), Japan (8), Madagascar (1), Mexico (4), the Netherlands (1), New Zealand (11), Papua New Guinea (1), South Africa (1), Switzerland (1), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (201: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (6)

• Jurassic of Japan (1)

Total: 270 collections including 280 occurrences

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