Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Alternative combination: Avicula verrucosa
Belongs to Leiopteria according to G. G. Gemmellaro 1896
Sister taxa: Leiopteria angusticoncha, Leiopteria australis, Leiopteria carrandibbiensis, Leiopteria consimilis, Leiopteria elegans, Leiopteria inflata, Leiopteria opportuna, Leiopteria rafinesquii, 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 Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Rocca di San Benedetto, calcare compatto, Sosio
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