Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae
Full reference: M. A. Bradshaw. 1999. Lower Devonian bivalves from the Reefton Group, New Zealand. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 20:1-171
Belongs to Leptodesma (Leiopteria) according to M. A. Bradshaw 1999
Sister taxa: 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
Type specimen: CM M-14087, a valve. Its type locality is Murray Creek Fmn, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand, which is in an Emsian marine sandstone/siltstone in the Murray Creek Formation of New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Murray Creek Fmn, Inangahua & Waitahu Outliers, Reefton area, New Zealand
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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