Trigonarca curvatodonta Riedel 1933 (clam)

Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

Full reference: L. Riedel. 1933. Die Oberkreide vom Mungofluß in Kamerun und ihre Fauna. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 16:1-154

Belongs to Trigonarca according to E. Dartevelle and S. Freneix 1957

See also Riedel 1933

Sister taxa: Trigonarca (Costelliarca), Trigonarca acclivis, Trigonarca angolensis, Trigonarca californica, Trigonarca camerunensis, Trigonarca cardiformis, Trigonarca excavata, Trigonarca furoni, Trigonarca jacksonensis, Trigonarca jessupae, Trigonarca ligeriensis, Trigonarca manzadinensis, Trigonarca schweinfurthi, Trigonarca sectilis, Trigonarca semiglabra

Type specimen: Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cameroon (1 collection), the Congo-Brazzaville (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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