Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae

Full reference: M. R. Cooper. 2015. On the Pterotrigoniidae (Bivalvia, Trigoniida): their biogeography, evolution, classification and relationships. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 277(1):11-42

Parent taxon: Oistotrigoniinae according to M. R. Cooper 2015

Sister taxa: Bacatigonia, Henrywoodsia, Oistotrigonia, Renatoreyesia, Yaninella

Subtaxa: Orbigonina antarctica Orbigonina austronana Orbigonina piripauana Orbigonina saunali

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Type: Trigonia antarctica

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Otway Basin, Drik Drik-1 Well (Cretaceous of Australia)

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