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Apolymetis
Taxonomy
Apolymetis was named by Salisbury (1929) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 96]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Tellinidae by Durham (1944); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macominae by Rosenberg et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Tellinidae by Durham (1944); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macominae by Rosenberg et al. (2006).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1929 | Apolymetis Salisbury |
| 1944 | Apolymetis Durham p. 150 |
| 2002 | Apolymetis Sepkoski |
| 2006 | Apolymetis Rosenberg et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (28 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Hungary | A. lacunosa (8338) | |
| Chattian | Hungary | A. lacunosa (8211) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Jamaica | A. sp. (111545 111548) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India | A. aizawlensis, A. sp. (78641) A. grimesi (72084 76573 76574) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | India (Meghalaya) | A. sp. (46493) | |
| Miocene | Israel | A. papyracea (99603) | |
| Middle Miocene | Japan | A. sp. (77742) | |
| Middle Miocene | India | A. aizawlensis (78614) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Indonesia | A. niasensis (70122) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Iran | A. papyracea (79068) | |
| Pliocene - Pleistocene | Malaysia | A. contorta (72096) | |
| Piacenzian | Ecuador (Manabi) | A. excavata (51880) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | A. orbicularis (122940 122941 122943 122945) | |
| Pleistocene | Egypt | Tellina papyracea (101634) | |
| Pleistocene | Namibia (Erongo) | A. papyracea (124052) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Yemen | A. papyracea (55368 55369 55370 55382) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Belize | A. sp. (88824 88825) |