WoRMS taxon details
Leporimetis Iredale, 1930
AphiaID: 415554
AphiaID: 415554
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Heterodonta (Subclass) > Euheterodonta (Infraclass) > Veneroida (Order) > Tellinoidea (Superfamily) > Tellinidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Tellina spectabilis Hanley, 1844 (type by original designation) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Tellinidae Blainville, 1814 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Florimetis Olsson & Harbison, 1953 Pilsbrymetis Afshar, 1969 Psammotreta (Leporimetis) Iredale, 1930 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
from synonym: Ardovini, R.; Cossignani, T. (2004). West African seashells (including Azores, Madeira and Canary Is.) = Conchiglie dell'Africa Occidentale (incluse Azzorre, Madeira e Canarie). English-Italian edition. L'Informatore Piceno: Ancona, Italy. ISBN 88-86070-11-X. 319 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Oliver P.G. (1992) Bivalved seashells of the Red Sea. Wiesbaden: Christa Hemmen. 330 pp. page(s): 158 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Leporimetis ephippium (Spengler, 1798) Species Leporimetis orbicularis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) Species Leporimetis spectabilis (Hanley, 1844) Species Leporimetis intastriata (Say, 1826) accepted as Psammotreta intastriata (Say, 1826) Species Leporimetis obesa (Deshayes, 1855) accepted as Psammotreta obesa (Deshayes, 1855) | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||
| Link | To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:415554 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Sartori, A.; Bouchet, P.; Rosenberg, G. (2013). Leporimetis Iredale, 1930. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=415554 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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