Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae

Alternative combinations: Avicula echinata, Pseudomonotis echinata

Belongs to Echinotis according to Marwick 1941

Sister taxa: Meleagrinella echinata, Meleagrinella mclearni, Meleagrinella omolonensis, Meleagrinella ovalis, Meleagrinella polaris, Meleagrinella tasaryensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder