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Metacanthotrigonia

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Pterotrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Acanthotrigonia (Metacanthotrigonia) was named by Nakano (1974).

It was reranked as Metacanthotrigonia by Cooper (2015).

It was assigned to Acanthotrigonia by Nakano (1974); and to Scabrotrigoniinae by Cooper (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Acanthotrigonia (Metacanthotrigonia) Nakano
2015Metacanthotrigonia Cooper p. 27

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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)
superfamilyMegatrigonioideavan Hoepen 1929
familyPterotrigoniidaevan Hoepen 1929
subfamilyScabrotrigoniinaeCooper 1989
genusMetacanthotrigonia(Nakano 1974)

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.

G. †Metacanthotrigonia Nakano 1974
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Metacanthotrigonia kawaguchiensis Tamura and Nishida 1989
Metacanthotrigonia monobeana Tashiro and Kozai 1982
Metacanthotrigonia yeharai Nakano and Numano 1961
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 Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Japan (Kitami) Pterotrigonia imanishii (40206)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan (Kumamoto) Pterotrigonia yeharai (39638)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Japan Pseudotrigonia monobeana (87006) Pterotrigonia monobeana (69471 69472) Pterotrigonia yeharai (123169 123171)