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Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Lutricola cognata was named by Pilsbry and Vanatta (1902). It is extant.

It was recombined as Florimetis cognata by Meldahl and Cutler (1992); it was recombined as Leporimetis cognata by Coan et al. (2000); it was recombined as Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Lutricola cognata Pilsbry and Vanatta
1950Apolymetis clarki Durham p. 90
1992Florimetis cognata Meldahl and Cutler
1997Apolymetis clarkii Libbey and Johnson
2000Leporimetis cognata Coan et al. p. 420
2003Leporimetis cognata clarki Moore figs. plate 7, figure 11
2012Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 615

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
CardioideiFerussac 1822
superfamilyTellinoidea(Blainville 1814)
familyTellinidaeBlainville 1814
subfamilyMacominaeOlsson 1961
genusPsammotretaDall 1900
subgenusLeporimetis(Iredale 1930)
speciescognata(Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902)

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.

Psammotreta (Leporimetis) cognata Pilsbry and Vanatta 1902
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Invalid names: Apolymetis clarki Durham 1950 [synonym]
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 13:36:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:36:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Florimetis cognata (96596)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Florimetis cognata (34933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Apolymetis clarkii (147802)