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Taxonomy
Meroena was named by Jukes-Brown (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 914].
It was assigned to Sunettinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
It was assigned to Sunettinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1908 | Meroena Jukes-Brown |
| 1995 | Meroena Pacaud and Le Renard p. 183 |
| 2002 | Meroena Sepkoski |
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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.
G. †Meroena Jukes-Brown 1908
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†Meroena multisulcata Deshayes 1825
†Meroena polita Lamarck 1806
†Meroena semisulcata Lamarck 1806
†Meroena separata Deshayes 1857
†Meroena trigonula Deshayes 1825
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Lutetian | France (Yvelines) | M. semisulcata (177970 177972) | |
| Lutetian | United Kingdom (England) | M. polita (8124 8125) | |
| Bartonian | United Kingdom (England) | Meretrix trigonula (42636 42639) | |
| Bartonian | France (Oise) | Sunetta trigonula, Sunetta polita (3494) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | Meretrix trigonula (42640) |