Marine Species Traits - Megatrigonia van Hoepen, 1929 †

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Megatrigonia van Hoepen, 1929 †

AphiaID

852452 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:852452)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Megatrigonia obesa van Hoepen, 1929 † (type by original designation)

Parent

Megatrigoniinae van Hoepen, 1929 †

Original name

Megatrigonia van Hoepen, 1929 †

Synonymised names

Trigonia (Megatrigonia) van Hoepen, 1929 † · unaccepted > superseded combination

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Species Megatrigonia conocardiiformis (Krauss, 1843) †
Species Megatrigonia fontanaensis Olivero, 1987 †
Species Megatrigonia obesa van Hoepen, 1929 †
Species Megatrigonia piatnitzkyi Medina, 1987 †
Species Megatrigonia saggersoni M. R. Cooper, 1993 †
Species Megatrigonia staffi (E. Lange, 1914) †
Subgenus Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) L. R. Cox, 1952 † accepted as Apiotrigonia L. R. Cox, 1952 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
1. Species Megatrigonia (Apiotrigonia) tagamensis Belyakova, 1980 † accepted as Kyzylkumgonia tagamensis (Belyakova, 1980) †
Subgenus Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia) van Hoepen, 1929 † accepted as Rutitrigonia van Hoepen, 1929 † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
1. Species Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia) kikombona Aitken, 1961 † accepted as Zulutrigonia kikombona (Aitken, 1961) †
2. Species Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia) nossae Aitken, 1961 † accepted as Tanzanitrigonia nossae (Aitken, 1961) †
3. Species Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia) nyangensis Aitken, 1961 † accepted as Tanzanitrigonia nyangensis (Aitken, 1961) †
4. Species Megatrigonia (Rutitrigonia) turikirae Aitken, 1961 † accepted as Turikirella turikirae (Aitken, 1961) †
Species Megatrigonia khoresmensis Belyakova, 1965 † accepted as Sokolovskya khoresmensis (Belyakova, 1965) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

van Hoepen, E. C. N. (1929). Die krytfauna van Soeloeland. 1, Trigoniidae. Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum van Bloemfontein. 1(1):1–38.
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Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Megatrigonia van Hoepen, 1929 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=852452 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

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2015-08-23 17:08:52Z

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Nomenclature

original description van Hoepen, E. C. N. (1929). Die krytfauna van Soeloeland. 1, Trigoniidae. Paleontologiese Navorsing van die Nasionale Museum van Bloemfontein. 1(1):1–38.
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basis of record Cooper, M. R. & Leanza, H. A. (2019). On the Middle Jurassic – Early Cretaceous Megatrigoniinae (Bivalvia, Trigoniida): their biogeography, evolution and classification. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen. 291 (1): 19-40., available online at https://doi.org/10.1127/njgpa/2019/0787 [details] Available for editors

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