Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Alternative combination: Cytherea nuttalliopsis
Belongs to Meretrix according to C. J. Maury 1912
Sister taxa: Meretrix (Cordiopsis), Meretrix bosworthi, Meretrix cornelli, Meretrix decisa, Meretrix desvauxi, Meretrix gabbi, Meretrix hikoshimensis, Meretrix indica, Meretrix landesi, Meretrix longa, Meretrix macbeani, Meretrix marshana, Meretrix mortoni, Meretrix negritosensis, Meretrix neusensis, Meretrix persica, Meretrix pittsburgensis, Meretrix profunda, Meretrix pseudomeretrix, Meretrix shantii, Meretrix stantoni, Meretrix subimpressa, Meretrix sylvaerupis, Meretrix tularana, Meretrix uniomeris, Meretrix yoakumi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Bed No. 8, Soldado Rock (Eocene of Trinidad and Tobago)
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