Buchotrigonia cazadoriana Wilckens 1907 (clam)

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae

Alternative combination: Trigonia cazadoriana

Full reference: O. Wilckens. 1907. Die Lamellibrachiaten, Gastropoden ect. aus der oberen Kreide Südpatagoniens. Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg, Breisgau 15:97-166

Belongs to Buchotrigonia according to L. R. Cox 1952

Sister taxa: Buchotrigonia (Syrotrigonia), Buchotrigonia abrupta, Buchotrigonia collombi, Buchotrigonia deshayesi, Buchotrigonia flexicostata, Buchotrigonia inca, Buchotrigonia pizcuetana, Buchotrigonia scheibei

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerro Cazador (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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