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Leporimetis

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2286972	https://www.gbif.org/species/2286972
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17660	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17660

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : Leporimetis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Tellinidae	Blainville 1814
genus	Leporimetis	Iredale 1930

Scientific Name

Leporimetis Iredale, 1930

Name Published In

Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 [28 August 1930].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Florimetis	subgenus	belongs to Psammotreta	stated without evidence	Adegoke, 1969
Florimetis	genus	belongs to Macominae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1982
Florimetis	genus	subjective synonym of Leporimetis	stated with evidence	Coan et al., 2000
Florimetis	genus	belongs to Tellinidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Florimetis	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Florimetis)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Florimetis)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, DS according to Todd (2001).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Tellinidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Florimetis biplicata species	listed (PBDB)		16	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Florimetis chipolana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		20	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Florimetis magnoliana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	3.60 Ma Pliocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Florimetis trinitaria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Leporimetis asthenodon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis coarctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis cognata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Leporimetis contorta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis elouardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis ephippium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis obesa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis orbicularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis papyracea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis roemeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leporimetis spectabilis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Metis rostellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Capsa H.Adams & A.Adams, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Capsa*
Pilsbrymetis Afshar, 1969	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Pilsbrymetis*
Florimetis Olsson & Harbison, 1953	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Tellinidae : *Florimetis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Florimetis Olsson and Harbison
1969	Psammotreta (Florimetis) Adegoke
1982	Florimetis Woodring p. 669
1992	Florimetis Ward p. 96
2001	Florimetis Todd
2002	Florimetis Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Adegoke O.S. (1969) Stratigraphy and paleontology of the marine Neogene formations of the Coalinga region, California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 80

Woodring W. P. (1982) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (Pelecypods: Propeamussiidae to Cuspidariidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 F

Ward L. W. (1992) Molluscan biostratigraphy of the Miocene Middle Atlantic Coastal Plain of North America, Virginia Museum of Natural History 2

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of bivalves in the Panama Paleontology Project collections, [http://eusmilia.geology.uiowa.edu/database/bivalves/systemat/bivaltax.htm#list]

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Krug et al., 2007 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mem. Queensland Mus., 10 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Iredale, T. (1930). Queensland molluscan notes, No. 2. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 10(1): 73-88, pl. 9 [28 August 1930]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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