Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative combinations: Apolymetis trinitaria, Metis trinitaria
Synonyms: Apolymetis colombiensis Weisbord 1929, Apolymetis trinitaria colombiensis Weisbord 1929, Metis colombiensis Weisbord 1929, Metis falconensis Hodson 1931, Metis trinitaria colombiensis Weisbord 1929
Belongs to Florimetis according to W. P. Woodring 1982
See also Cooke 1919, Jung 1969, Marks 1951 and Weisbord 1929
Sister taxa: Florimetis biplicata, Florimetis chipolana, Florimetis magnoliana
Type specimens:
- Florimetis trinitaria: USNM 115660, a shell
- Apolymetis colombiensis:
- Metis falconensis:
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Anguilla (1 collection), Brazil (2), Colombia (3), Ecuador (1), Panama (2), Trinidad and Tobago (5)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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