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Bengtsonigonia britoi

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Anditrigonia britoi was named by Hessel (2005). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Espirito Santo 3, Riachuelo Formation, Sergipe basin, which is in an Albian coastal sandstone/conglomerate in the Riachuelo Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Bengtsonella britoi by Cooper and Leanza (2019); it was recombined as Bengtsonigonia britoi by Ceccolini and Cianferoni (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Anditrigonia britoi Hessel p. 440 figs. pls. 1, 2, text-fig. 2
2019Bengtsonella britoi Cooper and Leanza p. 38 fig. 3
2021Bengtsonigonia britoi Ceccolini and Cianferoni p. 233

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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
subfamilyMegatrigoniinaevan Hoepen 1929
genusBengtsonigonia
speciesbritoi(Hessel 2005)

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.

Bengtsonigonia britoi Hessel 2005
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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: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Brazil Anditrigonia britoi (142309 type locality: 142310 142311)