Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Alternative combination: Vaugonia oregonensis
Full reference: T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282
Belongs to Pseudovaugonia according to J. Echevarría et al. 2021
See also Poulton 1979
Sister taxa: Pseudovaugonia hectorleanzai, Pseudovaugonia vancouverensis
Type specimen: USNM 219913, 219911-219915, a shell. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. 27359, which is in a Pliensbachian marine limestone/sandstone in the Suplee Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (4: Oregon)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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