Villamilia Cooper and Leanza 2021 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae

Full reference: M. R. Cooper and H. A. Leanza. 2021. On the Buchotrigoniidae (Cretaceous Trigoniida), their palaeobiogeography, evolution and classification. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 301(2):119-134

Parent taxon: Buchotrigoniidae according to M. R. Cooper and H. A. Leanza 2021

Sister taxa: Buchotrigoniinae, Neobuchotrigonia, Syrotrigoniinae

Subtaxa: Villamilia etayoi Villamilia humboldtii Villamilia kauffmani Villamilia perezi Villamilia santamariae

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Type: Buchotrigonia etayoi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Villamilia in the database

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