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Meekia (Mygallia) mygale

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae

Taxonomy
Meekia (Mygallia) mygale was named by Saul and Popenoe (1962). Its type specimen is UCLA 36077, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA Loc. 3625, Chico Creek, which is in a Santonian coastal siliciclastic in the Chico Formation of California. It is the type species of Meekia (Mygallia).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Meekia (Mygallia) mygale Saul and Popenoe pp. 308-309 figs. pl. 2, fig. 3

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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
speciesmygale

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) mygale 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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Meekia mygale (type locality: 207437)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) Meekia mygale (86955 185391)