Psilotrigonia Cox 1952 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1952. Notes on the Trigoniidae, with outlines of a classification of the family. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29:45-70

Parent taxon: Psilotrigoniinae according to E. PĂ©rez et al. 2008

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Cox 1952, Fleming 1987 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Psilotrigonia beesleyana Psilotrigonia vegaensis Psilotrigonia zealandica

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Type: Trigonia beesleyana

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Heterian of New Zealand (2 collections)

• Jurassic of Chile (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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