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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).

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