†Vetupraeca melletes Clarke 1904 (clam)
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Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Praecardiidae
Alternative combination: Praecardium melletes
Full reference: J. M. Clarke. 1904. Naples fauna in western New York, pt. 2. New York State Museum Memoirs 6:199-454
Belongs to Vetupraeca according to J. Nagel-Myers et al. 2008
See also Clarke 1904
Sister taxa: Vetupraeca clymeniae, Vetupraeca duplicata, Vetupraeca vetusta
Type specimen: NYSM, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Vetupraeca melletes in the database
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