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Meekia (Mygallia) lirata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Taxonomy
Meekia (Mygallia) lirata was named by Saul and Popenoe (1962). Its type specimen is UCLA 36094, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1267, Little Cow Creek Valley, which is in a Turonian coastal horizon in the Redding Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Meekia (Mygallia) lirata Saul and Popenoe p. 307 figs. pl. 4, figs. 11-15

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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
specieslirata

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) lirata Saul and Popenoe 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available