†subfamily Vaugoniinae Kobayashi 1954 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae

Alternative spelling: Vaugoniidae

Parent taxon: Myophorellidae according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011

See also Bouchet et al. 2010 and PĂ©rez et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Myophorellinae, Steinmanellinae

Subtaxa: Quadratotrigoniini Vaugoniini

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Antarctica (7 collections), Argentina (3), Canada (25: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (30), Cuba (1), France (7), Greenland (1), India (7), Japan (13), Madagascar (1), Mexico (2), New Zealand (23), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (84: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 212 collections including 227 occurrences

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