†Meekia Gabb 1864 (clam)
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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
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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