†Meleagrinella ovalis Phillips 1829 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Alternative combination: Avicula ovalis
Belongs to Meleagrinella according to I. I. Sey and A. D. Kalacheva 1980
Sister taxa: Meleagrinella antiqua, Meleagrinella boehmi, Meleagrinella curta, Meleagrinella echinata, Meleagrinella ferniensis, Meleagrinella formosa, Meleagrinella mclearni, Meleagrinella omolonensis, Meleagrinella oxytomaeformis, Meleagrinella polaris, Meleagrinella substriata, Meleagrinella tasaryensis, Echinotis echinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Greenland (1 collection), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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