Meekia Gabb 1864 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

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

Parent taxon: Tancrediidae according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1962

See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Corbicella, Corbicellopsis, Eodonax, Maranoana, Sakawanella, Tancredia

Subtaxa: Meekia (Meekia) Meekia (Mygallia) Meekia navis

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Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (4 collections), Mexico (1), United States (88: Arizona, California, Oregon)

Total: 93 collections including 100 occurrences

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