Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tancrediidae
Full reference: L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe. 1962. Meekia - Enigmatic Cretaceous pelecypod genus. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 40(5):289-344
Belongs to Meekia (Mygallia) according to L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1962
Sister taxa: Meekia (Mygallia) bella, Meekia (Mygallia) cuspidata, Meekia (Mygallia) lirata, Meekia (Mygallia) mygale, Meekia (Mygallia) quercus, Meekia (Mygallia) roddana, Meekia (Mygallia) takeoana, Meekia (Mygallia) tumba
Type specimen: UCLA 32618, a shell. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 4111, Jalama Creek, which is in a Campanian offshore sandstone in the Jalama Formation of California.
Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of United States (16: California collections)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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