Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Psammotreta (Florimetis)
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to J. A. Todd 2001
See also Adegoke 1969, Coan et al. 2000, Sepkoski 2002, Ward 1992 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Metis, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellina obruta, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Florimetis biplicata Florimetis chipolana Florimetis magnoliana Florimetis trinitaria
Type: Tellina intastriata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (2: Florida)
• Miocene of Anguilla (1), Brazil (3), Colombia (3), Cuba (5), Ecuador (1), Panama (2), the Philippines (1), Puerto Rico (10), Trinidad and Tobago (5), United States (20: Delaware, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey)
Total: 55 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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