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Meleagrinella echinata

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae

Taxonomy
Meleagrinella echinata was named by Smith (1819).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Meleagrinella echinata Smith

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
—MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyOxytomoideaIchikawa 1958
familyOxytomidaeIchikawa 1958
genusMeleagrinellaWhitfield 1855
speciesechinataSmith 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Meleagrinella echinata Smith 1819
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 07:58:49
Modified: 2007-11-27 03:51:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Sinemurian to the top of the Callovian or 196.50000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Meleagrinella echinata (38734)
Toarcian - Bajocian182.7 - 168.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Meleagrinella echinata (212477)
Aalenian - Oxfordian174.1 - 157.3New Zealand Meleagrinella echinata (38964)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Poland Meleagrinella echinata (124922 125163 125172)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Poland Meleagrinella echinata (124921 125161 125170)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1New Zealand Meleagrinella echinata (56237)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Meleagrinella echinata (124923)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Meleagrinella echinata (96156 96161 96165 96194)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Russian Federation Meleagrinella echinata (68347)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Meleagrinella echinata (96147 96150 96160)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Meleagrinella echinata (125165)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Champagne-Ardenne) Meleagrinella echinata (96155 96182 96186 96187 96193)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Afghanistan Meleagrinella echinata (76926)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (England) Meleagrinella echinata (45930)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Afghanistan Meleagrinella echinata (85947)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Russian Federation Meleagrinella echinata (129761 129763)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Tanzania Meleagrinella echinata (36416)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Meleagrinella echinata (61674 61885 67392 67568 67577 68089 68095 68556)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Poland Meleagrinella echinata (124924)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Meleagrinella echinata (63062 63063 68282 68285 68286)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2New Zealand Meleagrinella echinata (56241 56273)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Meleagrinella echinata (67398 68385 68391)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Meleagrinella echinata (125167)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Meleagrinella echinata (67553)