Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Alternative spelling: Tellina (Metis)
Parent taxon: Tellinidae according to J. R. Gardner 1947
See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Glenn 1904, Mukerjee 1939 and Richards and Harbison 1942
Sister taxa: Acorylus, Ameritella, Arcopagia, Arcopagiinae, Barytellina, Cymatoica, Florimetis, Fragilia, Gastrana, Idatellina, Lavignon, Lutricola, Macoma, Macominae, Maera, Merisca, Nelltia, Peiricola, Serratina, Sourimis, Strigillinae, Tellina, Tellininae
Subtaxa: Metis barba Tellina (Metis) grimesi
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1 collection)
• Eocene of Angola (1), United States (1: South Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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