Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae
Alternative combination: Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) monobeana
Full reference: M. Tashiro and T. Kozai. 1982. Part V. Bivalve fossils from the Upper Cretaceous of the Monobe area, Shikoku. Palaeontological Society of Japan Special Papers 25:69-92
Belongs to Metacanthotrigonia according to M. R. Cooper 2015
See also Tashiro 1988
Sister taxa: Metacanthotrigonia datemasamunei, Metacanthotrigonia imanishii, Metacanthotrigonia kawaguchiensis, Metacanthotrigonia kesadoensis, Metacanthotrigonia longiloba, Metacanthotrigonia moriana, Metacanthotrigonia yeharai
Type specimen: KSG 3041, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Japan (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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