Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Alternative spelling: Praemeleagrinella
Full reference: O. A. Lutikov and B. N. Shurygin. 2010. Новые данные по систематике юрских и меловых двустворчатых моллюсков семейства Oxytomidae Ичикава [New data on systematics of Jurassic and Cretaceous bivalve mollusks of the family Oxytomidae Ichikawa]. Новости палеонтологии и стратиграфии [News of Paleontology and Stratigraphy] 14:111–140
Parent taxon: Meleagrinella according to O. A. Lutikov and G. Arp 2022
See also Lutikov and Shurygin 2010 and Lutikov et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Meleagrinella (Clathrolima), Meleagrinella antiqua, Meleagrinella boehmi, Meleagrinella curta, Meleagrinella echinata, Meleagrinella ferniensis, Meleagrinella formosa, Meleagrinella mclearni, Meleagrinella omolonensis, Meleagrinella ovalis, Meleagrinella oxytomaeformis, Meleagrinella polaris, Meleagrinella substriata, Meleagrinella tasaryensis, Echinotis echinata
Subtaxa: Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) golberti Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) olifex Meleagrinella (Praemeleagrinella) subolifex
Type: Meleagrinella subolifex
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence