Meekia (Meekia) exotica 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) iberica, Meekia (Meekia) louella, Meekia (Meekia) peleia, Meekia (Meekia) radiata, Meekia (Meekia) sella

Type specimen: USNM Mesozoic 131319, a partial shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meekia (Meekia) exotica in the database

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