Pterotrigonia evansana Meek 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae

Alternative combinations: Trigonia evansana, Trigonia evansii

Synonyms: Trigonia churchi Anderson 1958, Trigonia inezana Packard 1921

Belongs to Pterotrigonia according to J. W. Haggart and R. Graham 2018

See also Anderson 1958, Gabb 1864, Jones 1960, Packard 1921 and Waring 1917

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (71: California)

Total: 73 collections each including a single occurrence

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