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) louella, Meekia (Meekia) peleia, Meekia (Meekia) radiata, Meekia (Meekia) sella
Type specimen: UCLA 36080, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3917, Texas Springs area, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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