If a selection field is defined by a list as selection, such as:

    state = fields.Selection([('a', 'A'), ('b', 'B')])

one can extend it by inheritance by redefining the field, as:

    state = fields.Selection(selection_add=[('c', 'C')])

The result is that the selection field will have the list
[('a', 'A'), ('b', 'B'), ('c', 'C')] as selection.