Porometra Cheetham, 1968

Type species: Trigonopora helvetica Roger & Buge, 1947

Porometra is now considered as a synonym of Metrarabdotos

This genus includes the species:

  1. Porometra helvetica canariensis
    		2. Cheetham, 1968 Miocene
    Pliocene    		 Canary Is.
    Rhodes
  2. Porometra helvetica helvetica
    		3. (Roger & Buge, 1947) Miocene Europe
  3. Porometra helvetica thomasi
    		4. Cheetham, 1968 Miocene/Pliocene Sierra Leone
  4. Porometra maleckii
    		5. Cheetham, 1968 Miocene Austria
  5. Porometra tarraconensis
    		6. (Reguant, 1960) Pliocene Europe

This information is based upon various sources, but no personal knowledge. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.

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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 11th September 2000
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