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Leptodesma ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592749	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592749
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16760	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16760

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Leptodesma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : Leptodesma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
family	Pterineidae	Miller 1877
genus	Leptodesma	Hall 1883

Scientific Name

Leptodesma Hall, 1883

Name Published In

Geol. Surv. N. York. Palaeont. 5, 1, Lam., pl. xvii, fig

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptodesma	genus	belongs to Pterineidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Leptodesma	genus	belongs to Pteriacea	stated without evidence	Ambler, 1992
Leptodesma	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Leptodesma	genus	belongs to Pterineidae	stated without evidence	Anelli et al., 2006
Leptodesma	genus	belongs to Leptodesmatinae	stated without evidence	Bouchet et al., 2010
Leptodesma	genus	belongs to Pterineidae	stated with evidence	Amler, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

461 - 456 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Pterineidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pterineidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Cox et al. (1969).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite,intermediate,minor folds

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leptodesma (Leiopteria) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		259	443 Ma Silurian	254 Ma Permian
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		144	439 Ma Silurian	260 Ma Permian
Leptodesma (Springeria) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Avicula chidruensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bakevellia gouldii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyrtodontarca bakewellioides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma acadiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma accranus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma acutirostrum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma adaroi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma anatinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma bakewellioides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Leptodesma carboniferum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma chidruensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Leptodesma cultellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma elongatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma eolus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Leptodesma falcata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma furcistria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma gouldii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		23	279 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Leptodesma guadalupensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Leptodesma guangxiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma indistincta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Leptodesma lichas species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma longispinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma matheri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma minutum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma occidentale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma potens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Leptodesma rhysema species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma robustum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma rogersi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Leptodesma spergenense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma stenzeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma subrhomboidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma transversum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptodesma welleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	303 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Leptodesma wupperanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pteria guadalupensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Dozierella Newell, 1940	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pterineidae : *Dozierella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1883	Leptodesma Hall
1940	Dozierella Newell p. 282
1980	Leptodesma Vokes p. 35
1992	Leptodesma Ambler p. 413
2002	Leptodesma Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Leptodesma Anelli et al. p. 1130
2010	Leptodesma Amler p. 17
2010	Leptodesma Bouchet et al.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Newell N. D. (1940) Invertebrate fauna of the late Permian Whitehorse Sandstone, Geological Society of America Bulletin 51, 261-335

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Ambler M. R. W. (1992) Shallow marine bivalves at the Devonian/Carboniferous boundary from the Velbert Anticline (Rheinisches Schiefergebirge), Annales de la Societie géologique de Belgique 115 2, 405-423

Anelli L. E., Rocha-Campos A. C., et al (2006) Pennsylvannian pteriomorphian bivalves from the Piauí Formation, Parnaíba Basin, Brazil, Journal of Paleontology 80 6, 1135-1141

Amler M. R. W. (2010) Late Devonian (Frasnian) bivalves from the Nocedo Formation – the results of Wilhelm Kegel’s 1927 field trip to northern Spain, Scripta Geologica Special Issue 7, 13-34

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P., et al (2010) Nomenclator of Bivalve Families with a Classification of Bivalve Families, Malacologia 52 2, 1-184 doi:10.4002/040.052.0201

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Geol. Surv. N. York. Palaeont. 5, 1, Lam., pl. xvii, fig - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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