Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Alternative combinations: Pterotrigonia scabra, Scabrotrigonia scabra, Trigonia scabra
Belongs to Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) according to S. Mendir et al. 2021
See also Cox 1952, Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 and Malchus et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) monobeana, Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) pustulosa, Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) thoracica, Scabrotrigonia emoryi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3 collections), Egypt (24), Germany (1), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Oman (1), Peru (5), the United Arab Emirates (2)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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