Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Alternative spellings: Leiopteria, Leptodesma (Leioptera)
Parent taxon: Leptodesma according to L. Li 1995
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Rode and Lieberman 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980
Sister taxa: Leptodesma (Leptodesma), Leptodesma (Springeria), Leptodesma bakewellioides, Leptodesma chidruensis, Leptodesma eolus, Leptodesma gouldii, Leptodesma guadalupensis, Leptodesma indistincta, Leptodesma protextum, Leptodesma rogersi, Leptodesma spinigerum, Leptodesma transversa, Leptodesma welleri, Leptodesma wupperanum
Subtaxa: Leiopteria angusticoncha Leiopteria australis Leiopteria carrandibbiensis Leiopteria consimilis Leiopteria elegans Leiopteria inflata 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
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), China (12), India (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (4)
• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (3: Alaska, Iowa)
• Devonian of Australia (11), Brazil (2), Canada (2: Alberta, Ontario), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (6), Ghana (1), Libya (4), Luxembourg (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (146: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (2)
• Silurian of Austria (1), Canada (2: Manitoba, Ontario), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Morocco (1), Poland (4), United States (12: Maryland, New York, West Virginia)
Total: 251 collections including 263 occurrences