Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Alternative spelling: Trigonia (Frenguelliella)
Parent taxon: Frenguelliellinae according to E. Pérez et al. 2008
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox 1952, Hayami 1975, Poulton 1979, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Jaworskiella, Quadratojaworskiella
Subtaxa: Frenguelliella inexspectata Frenguelliella perezreyesi Frenguelliella poultoni Frenguelliella tapiai Trigonia (Frenguelliella) belgrandi Trigonia (Frenguelliella) chubutensis Trigonia (Frenguelliella) clavulosa Trigonia (Frenguelliella) concinna Trigonia (Frenguelliella) indica Trigonia (Frenguelliella) minuta Trigonia (Frenguelliella) monthiersi Trigonia (Frenguelliella) orientalis Trigonia (Frenguelliella) parvula Trigonia (Frenguelliella) sauvagei Trigonia (Frenguelliella) tealei Trigonia (Frenguelliella) truncata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of India (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Argentina (23), Canada (12: British Columbia, Yukon, Yukon Territory), Chile (10), India (4), Madagascar (1), Mexico (6), Tanzania (6), United States (1: Nevada)
• Triassic of United States (8: Nevada, Oregon)
Total: 72 collections including 75 occurrences
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