Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Synonym: Lyrodontidae Bronn 1862
Parent taxon: Trigonioidea according to J. G. Carter et al. 2011
See also Bieler and Mikkelsen 2006, Bouchet et al. 2010, Isberg 1934, Leanza and Casadío 1991, Nevesskaja 2009, Newell 1965, Pérez et al. 2008, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Stilwell 1998 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Actinotrigonia Asiatotrigonia Buchotrigonia Climacotrigonia Eotrigonia Geratrigonia Heterotrigonia Ibotrigonia Korobkovitrigonia Kyushutrigonia Latitrigonia Linotrigonia Liotrigonia Luxitrigonia Lyrodon Lyroschizodus Maputrigonia Megatrigonia Mesotrigonia Microtrigonia Minetrigonia Minetrigoniinae Myophorigonia Neotrigonia Neuquenitrigoniinae Nipponitrigonia Nototrigonia Nototrigoniinae Opisthotrigonia Pacitrigonia Pleurotrigoniinae Prorotrigonia Psilotrigoniinae Quadratotrigonia Quoiecchia Rutitrigonia Sichuantrigonia Sphenotrigonia Trigoniinae Turbitrigonia
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (16)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Australia (5)
• Paleocene of Argentina (1)
• Cretaceous of Afghanistan (1), Albania (1), Algeria (1), Antarctica (15), Argentina (62), Armenia (1), Australia (4), Austria (1), Azerbaijan (1), Brazil (5), Bulgaria (3), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (29), China (1), Colombia (1), Egypt (8), France (16), Germany (1), Greenland (3), Hungary (1), India (4), Italy (1), Japan (74), Jordan (1), Kyrgyzstan (5), Lebanon (1), Madagascar (1), Mexico (15), Mozambique (6), the Netherlands (2), New Zealand (46), Nigeria (1), Papua New Guinea (3), Peru (7), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (5), Serbia and Montenegro (1), South Africa (24), Spain (3), Switzerland (21), Tanzania (5), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Turkmenistan (3), Ukraine (29), the United Arab Emirates (2), the United Kingdom (15), United States (132: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Delaware, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas), Venezuela (2), Yemen (2)
• Heterian of New Zealand (2)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Argentina (1), Chile (3)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Antarctica (3), Argentina (1), Canada (66: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon), Chile (63), China (4), Egypt (7), Ethiopia (1), France (28), Germany (4), Greenland (40), India (76), Iran (1), Japan (15), Kenya (9), Luxembourg (2), Madagascar (6), Mexico (2), Morocco (3), New Zealand (3), Poland (20), Portugal (2), the Russian Federation (3), Saudi Arabia (30), Somalia (4), Spain (29), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Switzerland (3), Tanzania (40), Thailand (4), Tunisia (19), the United Kingdom (33), United States (107: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Yemen (15)
• Triassic of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Canada (5: British Columbia), Chile (5), China (4), Colombia (1), Germany (2), Indonesia (1), Iran (12), Italy (4), Japan (8), Mexico (5), New Caledonia (5), New Zealand (5), Papua New Guinea (3), Peru (10), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (8), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Turkey (1), United States (14: Alaska, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon), Vietnam (1)
• Permian of Bolivia (1), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (6), the Russian Federation (2), Tunisia (13), United States (29: Montana, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 1406 collections including 1711 occurrences