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Meekia (Mygallia) takeoana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Taxonomy
Meekia (Mygallia) takeoana was named by Saul and Popenoe (1962). Its type specimen is UCLA 36089, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT Loc. 1195 - Stinking Creek [Member I], which is in a Turonian coastal sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Meekia (Mygallia) takeoana Saul and Popenoe pp. 306-307 figs. pl. 4, figs. 9-10

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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
speciestakeoana

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) takeoana Saul and Popenoe 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: deep infaunalf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-09 06:52:35
Modified: 2009-10-09 08:52:35
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Meekia takeoana (62347 type locality: 86785 185409 185440 185502 215285 215618 220298 220340 222082 222085 222092 222093 222094 222097 222100 222102)