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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