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Florimetis

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Florimetis was named by Olsson and Harbison (1953) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1112]. It is extant. Its type is Tellina intastriata.

It was reranked as Psammotreta (Florimetis) by Adegoke (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Leporimetis by Coan et al. (2000).

It was assigned to Psammotreta by Adegoke (1969); to Macominae by Woodring (1982) and Ward (1992); to Tellinidae by Todd (2001); and to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Florimetis Olsson and Harbison
1969Psammotreta (Florimetis) Adegoke
1982Florimetis Woodring p. 669
1992Florimetis Ward p. 96
2001Florimetis Todd
2002Florimetis Sepkoski

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

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.

G. Florimetis Olsson and Harbison 1953
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Florimetis biplicata Conrad 1834
Florimetis chipolana Dall 1900
Florimetis magnoliana Dall 1900
Florimetis trinitaria Dall 1900
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Invalid names: Apolymetis colombiensis Weisbord 1929 [synonym], Metis falconensis Hodson 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available