Meropesta Iredale 1929 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

Parent taxon: Lutrariinae according to H. E. Vokes 1980

See also Lamprell and Whitehead 1992

Sister taxa: Heterocardia, Lutraria, Lutromactra, Tresus

Subtaxa: Meropesta nicobarica

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Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Meropesta in the database

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