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genus

Neotrigonia Cossmann, 1912

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Trigoniida »  family Trigoniidae »  subfamily Trigoniinae

Scientific synonyms

Neotrigonia margaritacea W.T. Bednall, 1878
Neotrigonia margaritacea bednalli J.C. Verco, 1907
Trigonia margaritacea W.T. Bednall, 1878
Trigonia margaritacea bednalli J.C. Verco, 1907

Description

Type species: Neotrigonia pectinata Lamarck 1819.
Shell equivalve, closed, trigonal, nacreous, the whole surface covered with lamellate scales; umbos directed posteriorly; hinge teeth diverging, strongly striated, two in one valve, three in the other; pallial line simple.
Distribution: Australia.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 8

species Neotrigonia bednalli Verco, 1907

Neotrigonia bednalli

species Neotrigonia gemma T. Iredale, 1924
species Neotrigonia kaiyomaruae T. Habe & Nomoto, 1976
species Neotrigonia lamarckii Gray, 1838
species Neotrigonia margaritacea J. B. Lamarck, 1804
species Neotrigonia pectinata J. B. Lamarck, 1819
species Neotrigonia strangei A. Adams, 1854
species Neotrigonia uniophora (Gray in Jukes, 1847)

Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1326928]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Neotrigonia Cossmann, 1912]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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