†Tetinka trigona Münster 1837 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Spanilidae

Alternative combinations: Amita trigona, Cardium trigonum

Synonym: Tetinka securiformis Barrande 1881

Belongs to Tetinka according to J. Kriz 2011

See also Barrande 1881 and Goldfuss 1837

Sister taxa: Tetinka accedens, Tetinka caesarea, Tetinka costulifera, Tetinka elongata, Tetinka sagitta, Tetinka tiro

Type specimens:

  • Tetinka trigona: BSPG AS VII 1752. Its type locality is Elbersreuth, which is in a Ludfordian marine limestone in the Orthocerenkalk Formation of Germany.
  • Tetinka securiformis:

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2 collections), Germany (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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