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Pterotrigonia oregana

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Megatrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia evansana oregana was named by Packard (1921). Its type specimen is Condom Museum type number 11dom Museum type number 4 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pterotrigonia oregana by Jones (1960) and Elder and Miller (1993).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Trigonia deschutesensis Packard pp. 24 - 25 figs. Plate 10, Figure 3
1921Trigonia evansana oregana Packard pp. 26 - 27 figs. Plate 9, Figure 7
1960Pterotrigonia oregana Jones p. 437 figs. PI. 59, figs, 2,5,9-11,13
1993Pterotrigonia oregana Elder and Miller pp. Table 2

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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
speciesoregana()

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.

†Pterotrigonia oregana Packard 1921
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Invalid names: Trigonia deschutesensis Packard 1921 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available