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Metis barba

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Metis barba was named by Olsson (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Betey, which is in a Pliocene marine siliciclastic in Costa Rica.

Subspecies
M. wiedenmayeri
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. olssoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Metis barba Olsson p. 255 figs. pl. 29, figs. 3, 4

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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
genusMetisAdams and Adams 1856
speciesbarba

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.

†Metis barba Olsson 1922
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†Metis barba wiedenmayeri Hodson 1931
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available