Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

Alternative combination: Metis chipolana

Belongs to Florimetis according to W. P. Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Florimetis biplicata, Florimetis magnoliana, Florimetis trinitaria

Type specimen: USNM 114629, a shell

Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 44.0 x 36.0