Meekia (Meekia) louella Saul and Popenoe 1962 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Full reference: L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe. 1962. Meekia - Enigmatic Cretaceous pelecypod genus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 40(5):289-344

Belongs to Meekia (Meekia) according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1962

Sister taxa: Meekia (Meekia) exotica, Meekia (Meekia) iberica, Meekia (Meekia) peleia, Meekia (Meekia) radiata, Meekia (Meekia) sella

Type specimen: UCLA 36101, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4209, Clover Creek, which is in a Coniacian marine horizon in the Redding Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: California collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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