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Metoptomatidae
Taxonomy
Metoptomatidae was named by Wenz (1938). Its type is Metoptoma.
It was assigned to Patellacea by Knight et al. (1960) and Horný (1963); to Mollusca by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Archinacelloidea by Wagner (2023).
It was assigned to Patellacea by Knight et al. (1960) and Horný (1963); to Mollusca by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Archinacelloidea by Wagner (2023).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1938 | Metoptomatidae Wenz |
| 1960 | Metoptomatidae Knight et al. p. 231 |
| 1963 | Metoptomatidae Horný p. 50 |
| 2005 | Metoptomatidae Bouchet et al. p. 241 |
| 2023 | Metoptomatidae Wagner p. H151 |
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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.
Fm. †Metoptomatidae Wenz 1938
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G. †Calloconus Perner 1903
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†Calloconus avus Perner 1903
†Calloconus concentrica Tolmachoff 1930
†Calloconus devonica Tolmachoff 1930
†Calloconus gibbosa Perner 1903
†Calloconus pompeckji Perner 1903
†Calloconus recta Tolmachoff 1930
†Palaeoscurria (Calloconus) perneri Ríha 1938
G. †Lepetopsis Whitfield 1882
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†Lepetopsis anthracophila Roemer 1880
†Lepetopsis artiensis Stuckenburg 1898
†Lepetopsis capitanensis Girty 1908
†Lepetopsis chesterensis Worthen 1884
†Lepetopsis franae Lipman and Langenheim, Jr. 1983
†Lepetopsis haworthi Beede 1907
†Lepetopsis levettei White 1882
†Lepetopsis peregrina Newell 1935
†Lepetopsis petasus Mansuy 1913
†Lepetopsis petricola Kittl 1894
†Lepetopsis phillipsi de Koninck 1883
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Invalid names: Lepetopsis sinuosa de Koninck 1844 [replaced]
†Lepetopsis retrorsa Phillips 1836
†Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis Liang 1980
†Lepetopsis taxiensis Liang 1980
G. †Metoptoma Phillips 1836
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†Metoptoma alceste Billings 1865
†Metoptoma analoga Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma cornutaforme Walcott 1879
†Metoptoma devonica Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma elliptica Phillips 1836
†Metoptoma imbricatum Phillips 1836
†Metoptoma peroccidens Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma phillipsi Walcott 1884
†Metoptoma pileus Phillips 1836
†Metoptoma recurva Berkey 1898
†Metoptoma retrorsa Whitfield 1882
†Metoptoma robusta Billings 1865
†Metoptoma similis Whitfield 1882
†Metoptoma texana Yochelson 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Richmondian to the top of the Norian or 449.60000 to 208.50000 Ma
Collections (53 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Richmondian | Canada (Quebec) | Metoptoma alceste (63559 63625) | |
| Lochkovian | Australia (New South Wales) | Metoptomatidae indet. (25706) | |
| Helderbergian - Emsian | Austria | Calloconus sp. (26203) | |
| Pragian | Czech Republic (Bohemia) | Palaeoscurria humilis (104794) | |
| Emsian | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Lepetopsis devonica (56282) Lepetopsis devonica, Lepetopsis concentrica, Lepetopsis recta (56276) | |
| Emsian | South Africa | Metoptoma capense (35578) | |
| Tournaisian | Australia (New South Wales) | Lepetopsis sp. (43949 44088) | |
| Ivorian - Chadian | Ireland | Lepetopsis umbrellum (76501) | |
| Arundian | Poland (Swietokrzyskie) | Lepetopsis sp., Metoptoma sp. (60116) | |
| Meramecian | USA (Indiana) | Patella levettei (129910) | |
| Meramecian | Canada (Alberta) | Lepetopsis levitti (62396) | |
| Asbian | United Kingdom (England) | Lepetopsis phillipsi, Lepetopsis retrorsus (5995) | |
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | Lepetopsis phillipsi, Lepetopsis retrorsa (57131) Lepetopsis retrorsus, Metoptoma elliptica, Metoptoma imbricatum, Metoptoma pileus (67670) | |
| Brigantian | Ireland (Cork) | Patella sinuosa (184504) | |
| Chesterian | USA (Illinois) | Lepetopsis chesterensis (59824) Lepetopsis sp. (59825) | |
| Serpukhovian - Bashkirian | Antarctica | Metoptoma sp. (41799) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Lepetopsis peregrina (160138) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Nevada) | Lepetopsis franae (141539) | |
| Gzhelian | USA (Texas) | Metoptoma texana (43476 43477) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Nevada) | Lepetopsis franae (49666 49667) | |
| Virgilian | USA (Illinois) | Lepetopsis sp. (50219) | |
| Asselian | USA (Texas) | Lepetopsis sp. 1, Lepetopsis sp. 2, Metoptoma texana (43478) Metoptoma texana (43474 43481 43482 43556) | |
| Kungurian | Malaysia (Perak) | Lepetopsis sp. (62131) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | Lepetopsis sp. (43494 43590 121369) Metoptoma texana (43586) | |
| Roadian | USA (Arizona) | Lepetopsis sp. (39998 39999) | |
| Roadian - Wordian | Indonesia (Sumatra) | Patella anthracophila (121984) | |
| Roadian - Capitanian | China (Heilongjiang) | Lepetopsis taxiensis (111764) | |
| Wordian | China (Liaoning) | Lepetopsis shuangjingziensis (111761) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Canada (Alberta) | Lepetopsis sp. (112837) | |
| Wordian - Capitanian | Cambodia | Lepetopsis petasus (233582) | |
| Capitanian | USA (Texas) | Capulus haworthi (136220) Lepetopsis haworthi (97264 116643) Patella capitanensis (108831) | |
| Capitanian | USA (New Mexico) | Lepetopsis sp. (101801) | |
| Wuchiapingian | Greece | Lepetopsis sp. (64171) | |
| Ladinian | Italy | Lepetopsis petricola (138255) | |
| Norian | Hungary | Lepetopsis petricola (73262) |