Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Florimetis cognata, Lutricola cognata
Synonyms: Apolymetis clarki Durham 1950, Apolymetis clarkii Durham 1950, Leporimetis cognata clarki Durham 1950
Belongs to Psammotreta (Leporimetis) according to E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott 2012
See also Coan et al. 2000, Libbey and Johnson 1997, Meldahl and Cutler 1992 and Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Leporimetis cognata, Leporimetis intastriata, Leporimetis obesa, Leporimetis spectabilis, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) asthenodon, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) dombei, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) excavata, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Ecuador (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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