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

Sister taxa: Meekia (Mygallia) bella, Meekia (Mygallia) cuspidata, Meekia (Mygallia) daileyi, Meekia (Mygallia) mygale, Meekia (Mygallia) quercus, Meekia (Mygallia) roddana, Meekia (Mygallia) takeoana, Meekia (Mygallia) tumba

Type specimen: UCLA 36094, a shell. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1267, Little Cow Creek Valley, which is in a Turonian coastal horizon in the Redding Formation of California.

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (5: California collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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