Laevitrigonia Lebküchner 1932 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae

Parent taxon: Laevitrigoniinae according to C. A. Fleming 1987

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox 1952 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Laevitrigonia (Eselaevitrigonia) Laevitrigonia (Malagasitrigonia) Laevitrigonia (Malagastrigonia) Laevitrigonia cardiniiformis Laevitrigonia eudesi Laevitrigonia gibbosa Laevitrigonia meridiana Laevitrigonia oviedensis Laevitrigonia spissicostata Laevitrigonia trapeziformis Laevitrigonia troedssoni

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (10 collections), Argentina (1), India (1), New Zealand (1), Peru (1), Spain (1)

• Jurassic of New Zealand (1), Somalia (1), Tanzania (1), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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