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Tampaella meropsis (oval tellin)
Taxonomy
Tellina (Moerella) meropsis was named by Dall (1900). It is extant.
It was recombined as Tellina meropsis by Stephens (1929); it was recombined as Moerella meropsis by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) meropsis by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003); it was recombined as Tampaella meropsis by Hendy (2021).
It was recombined as Tellina meropsis by Stephens (1929); it was recombined as Moerella meropsis by Olsson (1964); it was recombined as Tellina (Angulus) meropsis by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003); it was recombined as Tampaella meropsis by Hendy (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1900 | Tellina (Moerella) meropsis Dall p. 303 |
| 1900 | Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall p. 318 figs. pl. 3, fig. 8 |
| 1929 | Tellina meropsis Stephens p. 250 |
| 1964 | Moerella meropsis Olsson p. 68 |
| 2000 | Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Coan et al. p. 402 |
| 2003 | Tellina (Angulus) meropsis Moore figs. plate 1, figure 3 |
| 2021 | Tampaella meropsis Hendy |
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Tampaella meropsis Dall 1900 [oval tellin]
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Invalid names: Tellina (Moerella) paziana Dall 1900 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Moerella meropsis (60771) | |
| Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tellina meropsis (240570) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Tellina meropsis (22632 28157 96589 96895 96935 96937 160361 219029 219030 240554 240555 240593 240636) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Mexico (Sonora) | Tellina meropsis (44963) |