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Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotrigonia was named by van Hoepen (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni-l K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 891]. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pterotrigonia by Cox (1952); it was reranked as Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) by Tashiro and Kozai (1982).

It was assigned to Pterotrigonia by Tashiro and Kozai (1982); and to Trigonioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Acanthotrigonia cazadoriana, Pterotrigonia acabra, Pterotrigonia aliformis, Pterotrigonia aliformis, Pterotrigonia angulicostata, Pterotrigonia angulicostata, Pterotrigonia brevicula, Pterotrigonia carinata, Pterotrigonia castrovillensis, Pterotrigonia caudata, Pterotrigonia cazadoriana, Pterotrigonia cerulea, Pterotrigonia coihucoensis, Pterotrigonia coihuicoensis, Pterotrigonia coihuicoensis, Pterotrigonia coihuicoensis, Pterotrigonia cramei, Pterotrigonia cricki, Pterotrigonia datemasamunei, Pterotrigonia delafossei, Pterotrigonia dilapsa, Pterotrigonia dilapsa, Pterotrigonia dilapsa, Pterotrigonia etheridgei, Pterotrigonia etheridgei, Pterotrigonia eufalensis, Pterotrigonia eufaulensis gabbi, Pterotrigonia hectori, Pterotrigonia hokkaidoana, Pterotrigonia hokkaidoana, Pterotrigonia imanishii, Pterotrigonia klamathensis, Pterotrigonia limbata, Pterotrigonia longiloba, Pterotrigonia marionensis, Pterotrigonia moriana, Pterotrigonia moriana, Pterotrigonia obsoleta, Pterotrigonia obsoleta, Pterotrigonia ogawai, Pterotrigonia ogawai, Pterotrigonia ogawai, Pterotrigonia plicatocostata, Pterotrigonia pocciliformis, Pterotrigonia pociliformis, Pterotrigonia pocilliformis, Pterotrigonia rogersi, Pterotrigonia sabra, Pterotrigonia sakakurai, Pterotrigonia sakakurai, Pterotrigonia scabricola, Pterotrigonia setosa, Pterotrigonia taurica, Pterotrigonia thomsoni, Pterotrigonia thoracia, Pterotrigonia tocaimaana, Pterotrigonia tocaimana, Pterotrigonia toyamai, Pterotrigonia waitangiensis, Pterotrigonia wilckensi, Pterotrigonia windhauseniana, Pterotrigonia yokoyamai, Pterotrigonia yokoyamai, Pterotrigonia yokoyamai, Scabrotrigonia bartrami

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Acanthotrigonia van Hoepen
1982Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) Tashiro and Kozai p. 80
2002Acanthotrigonia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
Megatrigonioidaevan Hoepen 1929
Megatrigoniitaevan Hoepen 1929
familyMegatrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyPterotrigoniinaevan Hoepen 1929
genusPterotrigoniavan Hoepen 1929
subgenusAcanthotrigonia(van Hoepen 1929)

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.

Subg. †Pterotrigonia (Acanthotrigonia) van Hoepen 1929
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Acanthotrigonia shepstonei Griesbach 1871
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:34:20
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:34:20
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 121.40000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Japan (Kochi) Pterotrigonia moriana (40222)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Kumamoto) Pterotrigonia dilapsa, Pterotrigonia ogawai (39638) Pterotrigonia ogawai (40602)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Ishikari) Pterotrigonia longiloba (39578 39652)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Pterotrigonia longiloba (141571)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Kochi) Pterotrigonia longiloba (39976)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Angola Acanthotrigonia shepstonei (210897)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Japan (Ishikari) Pterotrigonia longiloba (39577 39669)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Angola Acanthotrigonia sp. (210904)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mozambique Acanthotrigonia shepstonei (174826)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina Acanthotrigonia cazadoriana (66639)