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 D. L. Jones 1960

See also Anderson 1958, Cooper 2015, Gabb 1864, Haggart and Graham 2018, Packard 1921 and Waring 1917

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

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), United States (84: California)

Total: 86 collections including 87 occurrences

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