Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata Clark 1918

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combinations: Heteromacoma rostellata, Leporimetis rostellata, Metis rostellata

Synonyms: Metis sespeensis Loel and Corey 1932, Metis vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923, Poromya teglandae Weaver 1942

Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234

Belongs to Psammotreta (Leporimetis) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020

See also Addicott 1973, Clark 1918, Clark and Arnold 1923 and Moore 2003

Sister taxa: Leporimetis cognata, Leporimetis intastriata, Leporimetis obesa, Leporimetis spectabilis, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) asthenodon, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) dombei, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) excavata

Type specimens:

  • Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata: UCMP 11120, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
  • Metis sespeensis:
  • Metis vancouverensis: CAS 588, a shell. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
  • Poromya teglandae: UC 32134, a shell.

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (18: California, Washington)

• Eocene of United States (3: California)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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