Prothyris meeki Winchell in Meek 1875 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae

Belongs to Prothyris according to Winchell in Meek 1875

Sister taxa: Prothyris (Amphikoilum), Prothyris (Lophoprothyris), Prothyris (Prothyris) acuticarinata, Prothyris (Prothyris) cilindricus, Prothyris contorta, Prothyris elongatus, Prothyris recta, Prothyris soleniformis, Prothyris stubblefieldi

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at US Fisheries, Baird (Carboniferous of California)

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