Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1896. La Fauna de Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo - Pelecypoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 21:183-220
Belongs to Leiopteria according to G. G. Gemmellaro 1896
Sister taxa: Leiopteria angusticoncha, Leiopteria australis, Leiopteria carrandibbiensis, Leiopteria consimilis, Leiopteria elegans, Leiopteria opportuna, Leiopteria rafinesquii, Leiopteria verrucosa, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) aviculaeformis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) bonaerensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) buhaheensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) falcata, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) guizhouensis, Leptodesma (Leiopteria) zhangi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio
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