Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Alternative spellings: Jupiteria (Ledina), Leda (Ledina)
Parent taxon: Nuculaninae according to J. D. Stilwell et al. 2004
See also Gardner 1945, Moore 1983, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1939
Sister taxa: Adrana, Comitileda, Culunana, Jupiteria, Pseudoportlandia
Subtaxa: Ledina duttonae Ledina fresnoensis Ledina smirna
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cyprus (1 collection)
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: California, Mississippi, Oregon, Texas)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1), United States (1: California)
• Paleocene of Argentina (22), Mexico (4), New Zealand (6), the Russian Federation (1), United States (12: Alabama, Texas)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (4)
Total: 60 collections including 61 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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