†Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 (clam)
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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, Dietrich 1933 and Lamarck 1819
Sister taxa: Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) pustulosa, Scabrotrigonia kobayashii
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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