†Meekia (Meekia) sella Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Alternative combination: Meekia sella

Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

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

See also Gabb 1864 and Stewart 1930

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

Type specimen: UCBMP 31457, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (19: California collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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