WoRMS taxon details
Apolymetis A. E. Salisbury, 1929
225478 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225478)
accepted
Genus
Tellina meyeri Dunker, 1846 accepted as Apolymetis meyeri (Dunker, 1846) (type by typification of replaced name)
Gastrana (Metis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted
Hemimetis Thiele, 1934 · unaccepted
Metis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Metis...)
invalid: junior homonym of Metis Philippi, 1843 [Crustacea]; Polymetis and Apolymetis are replacement names
Polymetis A. E. Salisbury, 1929 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of...)
invalid: junior homonym of Polymetis Walsingham, 1908; Apolymetis is a replacement name
Tellina (Hemimetis) Thiele, 1934 · unaccepted
Tellina (Metis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856 · unaccepted (invalid: junior homonym of Metis...)
invalid: junior homonym of Metis Philippi, 1843 [Crustacea]; Polymetis and Apolymetis are replacement names
- Species Apolymetis meyeri (Dunker, 1846)
- Species Apolymetis plicata (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1827)
- Species Apolymetis translucida M. Huber, Langleit & Kreipl, 2015
- Species Apolymetis angulata (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Psammotreta angulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
- Species Apolymetis asthenodon Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932 accepted as Asthenometis asthenodon (Pilsbry & H. N. Lowe, 1932) (original combination)
- Species Apolymetis clarki Durham, 1950 accepted as Leporimetis cognata (Pilsbry & Vanatta, 1902)
- Species Apolymetis coarctata (R. A. Philippi, 1845) accepted as Leporimetis coarctata (R. A. Philippi, 1845) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Apolymetis edentula (Spengler, 1798) accepted as Tellinimactra edentula (Spengler, 1798)
- Species Apolymetis ephippium (Spengler, 1798) accepted as Leporimetis ephippium (Spengler, 1798)
- Species Apolymetis lacunosa (Dillwyn, 1817) accepted as Leporimetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
- Species Apolymetis orbicularis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) accepted as Leporimetis orbicularis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889)
- Species Apolymetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791) accepted as Leporimetis papyracea (Gmelin, 1791)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Salisbury A.E. (1929). <i>Polymetis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18(6): 258. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Apolymetis A. E. Salisbury, 1929. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225478 on 2024-03-28
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original description
Salisbury A.E. (1929). <i>Polymetis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18(6): 258. [details]
original description (of Polymetis A. E. Salisbury, 1929) Salisbury A.E. (1929). <i>Polymetis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18(6): 258.
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Metis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 399. [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N625 [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details]
additional source Rehder, H. A. (1941). <i>Myrsus</i> H. and A. Adams 1858, the valid name for <i>Apolymetis</i> Salisbury 1929. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(4): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519302 [details]
additional source Rehder, H. A. (1941). Correction <i>re Myrsus</i> and <i>Apolymetis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(2): 64-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519969 [details]
original description (of Polymetis A. E. Salisbury, 1929) Salisbury A.E. (1929). <i>Polymetis</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 18(6): 258.
page(s): 258 [details]
original description (of Tellina (Metis) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1856) Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). <i>The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization</i>. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-72 (1954), 73-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650
page(s): Vol. 2: 399. [details]
basis of record Keen A.M. 1969. Superfamily Tellinacea. Pp. N613-N643, <i>In</i> R.C. Moore (ed.), Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part N: Mollusca 6, Bivalvia. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence.
page(s): N625 [details]
basis of record Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp. [details]
additional source Rehder, H. A. (1941). <i>Myrsus</i> H. and A. Adams 1858, the valid name for <i>Apolymetis</i> Salisbury 1929. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 54(4): 141-142., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519302 [details]
additional source Rehder, H. A. (1941). Correction <i>re Myrsus</i> and <i>Apolymetis</i>. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 55(2): 64-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8519969 [details]