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Metoptoma J. Phillips, 1836 †
1414717 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1414717)
accepted
Genus
Metoptoma oblonga J. Phillips, 1836 † (type by subsequent designation)
- Species Metoptoma alceste Billings, 1865 †
- Species Metoptoma billingsi Walcott, 1883 †
- Species Metoptoma elliptica J. Phillips, 1836 †
- Species Metoptoma imbricata J. Phillips, 1836 †
- Species Metoptoma oblonga J. Phillips, 1836 †
- Species Metoptoma pileus J. Phillips, 1836 †
- Species Metoptoma robusta Billings, 1865 †
- Species Metoptoma texana Yochelson, 1960 †
- Species Metoptoma alta Whitfield, 1889 † accepted as Kirengella alta (Whitfield, 1889) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma barabuensis Whitfield, 1878 † accepted as Proplina barabuensis (Whitfield, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma cornutaforme Walcott, 1879 † accepted as Proplina cornutaforme (Walcott, 1879) † (original combination)
- Species Metoptoma erato Billings, 1865 † accepted as Tryblidium erato (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma estella Billings, 1865 † accepted as Archinacella estella (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma eubule Billings, 1865 † accepted as Tryblidium eubule (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma explanata Sardeson, 1892 † accepted as Archinacella explanata (Sardeson, 1892) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma hyrie Billings, 1865 † accepted as Tryblidium hyrie (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma instabilis Billings, 1865 † accepted as Archinacella instabilis (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma irregularis (Raymond, 1905) † accepted as Floripatella irregularis (Raymond, 1905) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma melissa Billings, 1865 † accepted as Archinacella melissa (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma niobe Billings, 1862 † accepted as Tryblidium niobe (Billings, 1862) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma nycteis Billings, 1862 † accepted as Tryblidium nycteis (Billings, 1862) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma orphyne Billings, 1865 † accepted as Floripatella orphyne (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma perovalis Whitfield, 1878 † accepted as Archinacella perovalis (Whitfield, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma quebecensis Billings, 1865 † accepted as Floripatella quebecensis (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma recurva Whitefield, 1878 † accepted as Hypseloconus recurvus (Whitefield, 1878) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma retrorsa Whitfield, 1882 † accepted as Proconus retrorsus (Whitfiled, 1882) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma rugosa J. Hall, 1847 † accepted as Helcionella subrugosa (A. d'Orbigny, 1850) (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior secondary homonym of Patella rugosa J. Sowerby, 1816; Helcion subrugosus is a replacement name)
- Species Metoptoma simplex Billings, 1865 † accepted as Archinacella simplex (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma trentonensis Billings, 1865 † accepted as Archinacella trentonensis (Billings, 1865) † (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Metoptoma similis Whitfield, 1878 † (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Phillips, J. (1836). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains: accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils. Part II. The Mountain Limestone District. J. Murray, London, 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53044151
page(s): 223 [details]
page(s): 223 [details]
Fossil range Ordovician to Permian
Fossil range Ordovician to Permian [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Metoptoma J. Phillips, 1836 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1414717 on 2025-03-26
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Phillips, J. (1836). Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire; or a Description of the Strata and Organic Remains: accompanied by a geological map, sections and diagrams, and figures of the fossils. Part II. The Mountain Limestone District. J. Murray, London, 370 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53044151
page(s): 223 [details]
basis of record Knight, J. B. (1941). Paleozoic gastropod genotypes. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 31: 1-510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe32
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Yochelson E.L. (1960). Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 119(4): 205-294.
page(s): 244 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Pchelintsev, V. F.; Korobkov, I. A. (1960). Osnovy Paleontologii, Molliuski, Briukhonogie. [Fundamentals of paleontology, Molluscs, Gastropods]. <em>Gostoptekhizdat, Moskva.</em> 360 pp., 28 pls.
page(s): 84 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 223 [details]
basis of record Knight, J. B. (1941). Paleozoic gastropod genotypes. <em>Geological Society of America Special Papers.</em> 31: 1-510., available online at https://doi.org/10.1130/spe32
page(s): 194 [details] Available for editors

additional source Yochelson E.L. (1960). Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. <em>Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.</em> 119(4): 205-294.
page(s): 244 [details] Available for editors

additional source Pchelintsev, V. F.; Korobkov, I. A. (1960). Osnovy Paleontologii, Molliuski, Briukhonogie. [Fundamentals of paleontology, Molluscs, Gastropods]. <em>Gostoptekhizdat, Moskva.</em> 360 pp., 28 pls.
page(s): 84 [details] Available for editors

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Fossil range Ordovician to Permian [details]