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Falcatopinna meeki Yancey, 2024 †
1784278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1784278)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Yancey, T. E. (2024). Revision of Late Paleozoic pinnid genera and North American species of bivalve family Pinnidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 410: 1-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2024.410.01
page(s): 33, pls 12.2-12.3, 12.7, 13.4 [details]
page(s): 33, pls 12.2-12.3, 12.7, 13.4 [details]
Type locality contained in Kansas
type locality contained in Kansas [details]
Etymology Named in honor of F. B. Meek, paleontologist who provided detailed and accurate descriptions of North American bivalves...
Etymology Named in honor of F. B. Meek, paleontologist who provided detailed and accurate descriptions of North American bivalves during the middle 1800s years. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Falcatopinna meeki Yancey, 2024 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1784278 on 2025-09-12
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Yancey, T. E. (2024). Revision of Late Paleozoic pinnid genera and North American species of bivalve family Pinnidae. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 410: 1-83., available online at https://doi.org/10.32857/bap.2024.410.01
page(s): 33, pls 12.2-12.3, 12.7, 13.4 [details]
page(s): 33, pls 12.2-12.3, 12.7, 13.4 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Etymology Named in honor of F. B. Meek, paleontologist who provided detailed and accurate descriptions of North American bivalves during the middle 1800s years. [details]
