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: Scabrotrigoniinae according to M. R. Cooper 2015
Sister taxa: Gabbigonia, Leanzatrigonia, Metacanthotrigonia, Notoscabrotrigonia, Praescabrotrigonia, Pterotrigonioides
Subtaxa: Tennessiella castrovillensis Tennessiella stantoni Tennessiella thoracica
Type: Trigonia thoracica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (60: Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas collections)
Total: 60 collections each including a single occurrence
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