Meleagrinella ovalis Phillips 1829 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae

Alternative combination: Avicula ovalis

Belongs to Meleagrinella according to I. I. Sey and A. D. Kalacheva 1980

Sister taxa: Meleagrinella (Clathrolima), Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella), 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

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