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Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotrigonia was named by van Hoepen (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Ceno Sepkoski's reference number: 1124]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia) by Cox (1952).

It was assigned to Trigonia by Cox (1952); to Trigonioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pleurotrigoniinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Trigonia aliexpandita, Trigonia alta, Trigonia americana, Trigonia angulicostata, Trigonia angustata, Trigonia bella, Trigonia castor, Trigonia cerulia, Trigonia chariensis, Trigonia cincta, Trigonia clavigera, Trigonia conradi, Trigonia corderoi, Trigonia corderoi, Trigonia cornueli, Trigonia costata, Trigonia costata, Trigonia costulata, Trigonia crebraecostata, Trigonia daedalea, Trigonia dainellii, Trigonia densestriata, Trigonia denticulata, Trigonia elegantissima, Trigonia elongata, Trigonia elongata, Trigonia elongata, Trigonia enfaulensis, Trigonia eufalensis, Trigonia gihbosn, Trigonia guadalupae, Trigonia haboensis, Trigonia herzogi, Trigonia higazi, Trigonia hondaana, Trigonia incrassata, Trigonia ingens, Trigonia interlaevigata, Trigonia kenti, Trigonia kheraensis, Trigonia kidugalloensis, Trigonia kuchensis, Trigonia latezonata, Trigonia leckenbyi, Trigonia lewisi, Trigonia libanotica, Trigonia lingonense, Trigonia losadai, Trigonia loutfyi, Trigonia migeodi, Trigonia mirandaensis, Trigonia mollesensis, Trigonia mollesensis, Trigonia moretoni, Trigonia mortoni, Trigonia muelleri, Trigonia munita, Trigonia nitida, Trigonia nitida, Trigonia papillata, Trigonia proelanza, Trigonia propinqua, Trigonia prora, Trigonia proscabra, Trigonia pseudomeriani, Trigonia pulchella, Trigonia pulla, Trigonia quadrangularis, Trigonia sanctae-crucis, Trigonia senex, Trigonia similis, Trigonia similis, Trigonia spinulosa, Trigonia stelzneri, Trigonia sumiyagura, Trigonia teali, Trigonia tenuis, Trigonia trafalgarensis, Trigonia triangulare, Trigonia tuberculata, Trigonia tumida, Trigonia varians, Trigonia weidmanni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Pleurotrigonia van Hoepen
1952Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia) Cox
2002Pleurotrigonia Sepkoski
2010Pleurotrigonia Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyTrigonioidea(Lamarck 1819)
familyTrigoniidaeLamarck 1819
subfamilyTrigoniinaeLamarck 1819
genusTrigoniaBruguière 1789
subgenusPleurotrigonia(van Hoepen 1929)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Trigonia (Pleurotrigonia) van Hoepen 1929
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: shallow infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2025-05-16 13:05:25
Modified: 2025-05-16 13:05:25
Source: f = family
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Ros-Franch et al. 2014

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Middle Cenomanian or 121.40000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian121.4 - 113.2New Zealand Pleurotrigonia sp. (83427)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique Pleurotrigonia blanckenhorni (174799)