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Meekospira mimiae

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Meekospira mimiae was named by Erwin (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 400677, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM712f, Ruddy Tank, Hueco Mountains, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. percuta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Meekospira mimiae Erwin pp. 67 - 68 figs. 4.16 - 4.20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyMeekospiridae
genusMeekospira
speciesmimiae

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.

†Meekospira mimiae Erwin 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available