Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Alternative spelling: Scaphogonia
Parent taxon: Myophorella according to C. A. Fleming 1987
See also Cox 1952 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Myophorella (Clavitrigonia), Myophorella (Clavotrigonia), Myophorella (Haidaia), Myophorella (Myophorella), Myophorella (Orthotrigonia), Myophorella (Scaphotrigonia), Myophorella alaskaensis, Myophorella amdoensis, Myophorella argo, Myophorella clavulosa, Myophorella dawsoni, Myophorella devexa, Myophorella formosa, Myophorella freboldi, Myophorella nodulosa, Myophorella orientalis, Myophorella packardi, Myophorella tipperi, Myophorella tuxedniensis, Myophorella yellowstonensis
Subtaxa: Myophorella (Scaphogonia) hokonuiensis Myophorella (Scaphogonia) macnaughti Myophorella (Scaphogonia) purseri Scaphogonia argo
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Heterian of New Zealand (5 collections)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (15)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (6), Germany (1), New Zealand (6)
Total: 33 collections including 37 occurrences