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Leporimetis obesa (California fat-tellin)

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Taxonomy
Tellina obesa was named by Deshayes (1855). It is extant.

It was recombined as Psammotreta (Leporimetis) obesa by Coan and Valentich-Scott (2012); it was recombined as Leporimetis obesa by Coan et al. (2000), Moore (2003), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. hanleyi, L. lacunosa, L. papyracea, L. slodkewitschi

Synonyms
  • Scrobicularia biangulata was named by Carpenter (1856). It is extant.

    It was recombined as Apolymetis biangulata by Durham (1950); it was recombined as Psammotreta (Florimetis) biangulata by Stanton (1966) and Adegoke (1969); it was recombined as Florimetis biangulata by Moore (1968); it was synonymized subjectively with Leporimetis obesa by Moore (2003).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Tellina obesa Deshayes p. 354
1856Scrobicularia biangulata Carpenter p. 230
1950Apolymetis biangulata Durham p. 89
1966Psammotreta (Florimetis) biangulata Stanton, Jr. pp. 30 - 31 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 5
1968Florimetis biangulata Moore p. 64 figs. pl. 30, figs. a, b
1969Psammotreta (Florimetis) biangulata Adegoke
2000Leporimetis obesa Coan et al. p. 420
2003Leporimetis obesa Moore figs. plate 7, figure 10
2012Psammotreta (Leporimetis) obesa Coan and Valentich-Scott p. 617
2021Leporimetis obesa Hendy

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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
subfamilyMacominaeOlsson 1961
genusLeporimetisDall 1900
speciesobesa(Deshayes 1855)

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.

Leporimetis obesa Deshayes 1855 [California fat-tellin]
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Invalid names: Metis alta Conrad 1833 [replaced], Psammotreta (Florimetis) biangulata Carpenter 1856 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: deposit feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:36:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:36:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Metis alta (71228 71231 206370 237911 237917 238142 238143 238214 238239 238253 238261 238262) Psammotreta biangulata (44893 44896 44897)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Metis alta (43814 96570)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Florimetis biangulata (195039 195078 195120)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Psammotreta biangulata (44936 44985 44988)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Metis alta (216867 220197)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Florimetis biangulata (194801 194802 194803 194888 194891 194892 194894 194895 195030 195031 195032 195033 195034 195038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Metis alta (206371 208580 220199) Psammotreta biangulata (97404)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Metis alta (97124)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Metis alta (216864)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Apolymetis biangulata (238459 238606 238607) Leporimetis obesa (238616 238618 238622 239463 239465 239469 239574 239576)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Florimetis biangulata (122752)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Apolymetis biangulata (96565)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Leporimetis obesa (71051 71053) Metis alta (138723 222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Apolymetis biangulata (222954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Apolymetis biangulata (59063 96566 96895 160361 219029 219030 226458 240555 240604 240609 240612 240615 240621) Metis alta (222659 222660 222661 222662)