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Meekia (Mygallia) roddana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Taxonomy
Meekia (Mygallia) roddana was named by Saul and Popenoe (1962). Its type specimen is UCLA 36085, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 3916, Texas Springs area, which is in an Albian marine horizon in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Meekia (Mygallia) roddana Saul and Popenoe p. 305 figs. pl. 4, figs. 4-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTancrediidaeMeek 1864
genusMeekia
subgenusMygallia
speciesroddana

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Meekia (Mygallia) roddana Saul and Popenoe 1962
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Diagnosis
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