Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Psammotreta (Leporimetis) obesa, Tellina obesa
Invalid subtaxa: Apolymetis biangulata Carpenter 1856, Florimetis biangulata Carpenter 1856, Metis alta Conrad 1833 [replaced name], Psammotreta (Florimetis) biangulata Carpenter 1856, Scrobicularia biangulata Carpenter 1856
Belongs to Leporimetis according to A. Hendy 2021
See also Coan et al. 2000, Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012, Durham 1950, Moore 2003 and Stanton 1966
Sister taxa: Leporimetis cognata, Leporimetis intastriata, Leporimetis spectabilis, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) asthenodon, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) dombei, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) excavata, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (22: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (1), United States (17: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (2), United States (37: California)
Total: 80 collections including 83 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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