Meleagrinella mclearni McRoberts 2011 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae

Full reference: C. A. McRoberts. 2011. Late Triassic Bivalvia (Chiefly Halobiidae and Monotidae) from the Pardonet Formation, Williston Lake Area, Northeastern British Columbia, Canada. Journal of Paleontology 85(4):613-664

Belongs to Meleagrinella according to C. A. McRoberts 2011

Sister taxa: Meleagrinella (Clathrolima), Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella), Meleagrinella antiqua, Meleagrinella boehmi, Meleagrinella curta, Meleagrinella echinata, Meleagrinella ferniensis, Meleagrinella formosa, Meleagrinella omolonensis, Meleagrinella ovalis, Meleagrinella oxytomaeformis, Meleagrinella polaris, Meleagrinella substriata, Meleagrinella tasaryensis, Echinotis echinata

Type specimen: GSC 132263, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is Pine Pass (CM99PPS-3), which is in a Sevatian offshore limestone in the Pardonet Formation of Canada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Canada (6: British Columbia collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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