Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Leporimetis
Parent taxon: Psammotreta according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Coan et al. 2000, Cox et al. 1969, Freneix et al. 1988, Hendy 2020, Lamprell and Whitehead 1992, Moore 2003, Vokes 1980 and Woodring 1982
Sister taxa: Psammotreta (Ardeamya), Psammotreta (Psammotreta), Psammotreta (Pseudometis), Psammotreta (Tellinimactra), Psammotreta aurora, Psammotreta grandis, Psammotreta hadra, Psammotreta tenuicula
Subtaxa: Leporimetis cognata Leporimetis intastriata Leporimetis obesa Leporimetis spectabilis Psammotreta (Leporimetis) asthenodon Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata Psammotreta (Leporimetis) dombei Psammotreta (Leporimetis) excavata Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata
Type: Tellina spectabilis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cayman Islands (2 collections), Jamaica (1), Mexico (6), Panama (1), South Africa (1), United States (20: California, Florida)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Mexico (1), South Africa (1), United States (8: California)
• Miocene of Algeria (2), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), United States (26: California)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), United States (21: California, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 103 collections each including a single occurrence