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Neotrigonia acuticostata

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia acuticostata was named by McCoy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Cenozoic; Australia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Neotrigonia acuticostata by Cox (1952), Darragh (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Trigonia acuticostata McCoy p. 482 figs. fig. 1
1886Trigonia acuticostata Tate p. 145
1952Neotrigonia acuticostata Cox
1970Neotrigonia acuticostata Darragh p. 129

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyTrigoniidaeLamarck 1819
genusNeotrigoniaCossmann 1912
speciesacuticostata(McCoy 1866)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2025-05-16 13:05:25
Modified: 2025-05-16 13:05:25
Source: f = family
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Zanclean or 15.98000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Neotrigonia acuticostata (71352 72232)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (New South Wales) Neotrigonia acuticostata (72190)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Neotrigonia acuticostata (72192)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Neotrigonia acuticostata (72235)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Neotrigonia acuticostata (166744)