†Metis barba Olsson 1922 (tellin clam)
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Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Full reference: A. A. Olsson. 1922. The Miocene of Northern Costa Rica. Bulletins of American Paleontology 9(39):1-309
Belongs to Metis according to A. A. Olsson 1922
Sister taxon: Tellina (Metis) grimesi
Subtaxa: Metis barba wiedenmayeri
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rio Betey, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Rio Betey
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