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

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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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