Trinitasia Maury, 1928

Signorelli, Javier H. & Pastorino, Guido, 2012, Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Cardiida), Zootaxa 3245, pp. 30-53 : 32

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3245.1.2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5914627

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scientific name

Trinitasia Maury, 1928
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Genus Trinitasia Maury, 1928

Type species. Thyasira sanctiandreae Maury, 1925 [original designation]

Diagnosis. Shell trigonal to subcircular, lunule well defined; pallial sinus deep, V-shaped; lateral teeth short, close to cardinals, anterior ones almost fused with anterior cardinal tooth, accessory lamella strong; anterior end round and high.

Distribution. Atlantic coasts of Central and South America. Registered in the Miocene of Trinidad y Tobago, Venezuela and Colombia.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Veneroida

Family

Mactridae

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