Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Heteromacoma rostellata, Leporimetis rostellata, Metis rostellata
Synonyms: Apolymetis twinensis Durham 1944, Apolymetis vancouverensis Weaver 1942, Metis sespeensis Loel and Corey 1932, Metis vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923, Poromya teglandae Weaver 1942
Full reference: B. L. Clark. 1918. The San Lorenzo series of Middle California. a stratigraphic and paleontologic study of the San Lorenzo Oligocene series of the general region of Mount Diablo, California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 11(2):45-234
Belongs to Psammotreta (Leporimetis) according to A. J. W. Hendy 2020
See also Addicott 1973, Clark 1918, Clark and Arnold 1923, Durham 1944 and Moore 2003
Sister taxa: Leporimetis cognata, Leporimetis intastriata, Leporimetis obesa, Leporimetis spectabilis, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) asthenodon, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) dombei, Psammotreta (Leporimetis) excavata
Type specimens:
- Psammotreta (Leporimetis) rostellata: UCMP 11120, a shell. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1131, Walnut Creek, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in California.
- Apolymetis twinensis: Its type locality is UCMP A3673, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in the Twin Rivers Formation of Washington.
- Apolymetis vancouverensis:
- Metis sespeensis:
- Metis vancouverensis: CAS 588, a shell. Its type locality is Kirby Creek, east, which is in a Chattian marine sandstone in the Sooke Formation of Canada.
- Poromya teglandae: UC 32134, a shell.
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), United States (21: California, Washington)
• Eocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
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