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Florimetis chipolana

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Metis chipolana was named by Dall (1900) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 114629, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Florimetis chipolana by Woodring (1982).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Metis chipolana Dall p. 1042 figs. pl. 46, fig. 21
1947Metis chipolana Gardner p. 201
1982Florimetis chipolana Woodring p. 670

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
genusFlorimetisOlsson and Harbison 1953
specieschipolana(Dall 1900)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Florimetis chipolana Dall 1900
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:35:37
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:35:37
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba Metis trinitaria (75302 75305 75307 75310 75314)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Metis chipolana (41760 42272 42421 42443 68971)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Puerto Rico Metis trinitaria (80240 80241 80242 80243 80244 80245 80246 80247 80248 80249)