Laevitrigonia troedssoni Melville 1956 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae

Full reference: R. V. Melville. 1956. The Stratigraphical Palaeontology, ammonites excluded, of the Stowell Park borehole. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Great Britain 11:67-139

Belongs to Laevitrigonia according to R. V. Melville 1956

Sister taxa: Laevitrigonia (Eselaevitrigonia), Laevitrigonia (Malagasitrigonia), Laevitrigonia (Malagastrigonia), Laevitrigonia cardiniiformis, Laevitrigonia eudesi, Laevitrigonia gibbosa, Laevitrigonia meridiana, Laevitrigonia oviedensis, Laevitrigonia spissicostata, Laevitrigonia trapeziformis

Type specimen: GSM Bj 2538/36. Its type locality is Stowell Park borehole (T. ibex Zone, B. centaurus Subzone, 985-1188ft), which is in a Pliensbachian marine mudstone/shale in the Lower Lias Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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