Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Alternative combinations: Avicula inequivalvis, Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalvis, Oxytoma inaequivalve, Oxytoma inaequivalvis, Oxytoma inequivalve
Belongs to Oxytoma according to R. Paredes et al. 2013
See also Aberhan 1998, Cox 1935, Cox 1965, Hollingworth et al. 1990 and Krumbeck 1924
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Tanzania (1 collection)
• Jurassic of Afghanistan (1), Argentina (9), Bulgaria (1), Canada (41: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories), Chile (5), Denmark (4), Germany (19), Greenland (91), India (15), Italy (1), Japan (2), Mexico (1), Poland (10), Portugal (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (5), Saudi Arabia (2), Somalia (1), Spain (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (8), Tanzania (5), the United Kingdom (56), United States (1: Nevada)
• Triassic of Austria (16), Chile (1), Indonesia (1), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1)
Total: 306 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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