PBDB Taxon

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Leptodesma spinerigum

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species

L. bakewellioides, L. chidruensis, L. eolus, L. gouldii (syn. Cyrtodontarca multidentata, Cyrtodontarca parallelidentata), L. guadalupensis, L. indistincta, L. potens, L. protextum, L. rogersi, L. spinigerum, L. transversa, L. welleri, L. wupperanum

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. acadica, L. ancilla, L. ardmillanensis, L. bodana, L. borealis, L. carens, L. conradi, L. dawsoni, L. ehlersi, L. elongatum, L. gratissima, L. improvisa, L. improvisa, L. lamellosa, L. longispinum, L. lunulata, L. naviforme, L. novella, L. ohioense, L. parva, L. parvae, L. patricia, L. pteriformis, L. rhomboidea, L. rhomboideum, L. robustum, L. subrhomboidea, L. variabilis, L. venusta, L. fontinalis, L. actualaris, L. acutilaris, L. conradi, L. dekayi, L. laevis, L. marylandica, L. mesacostalis, L. nitida, L. sayi, L. torregi, L. ausablensis, L. lunulata, L. pseudolaevis, L. anatina, L. billingsi, L. cadmus, L. carboniferum, L. cimitum, L. clitus, L. cultellatum, L. deprati, L. eberti, L. extenuatum, L. guangxiensis, L. hector, L. jason, L. lichas, L. longa, L. maclurii, L. mathori, L. mortoni, L. naviforme, L. nereus, L. orus, L. patulum, L. pelops, L. phaon, L. propinquum, L. sociale, L. striatula, L. striatus, L. venusta, L. venuta, L. waviformes, L. stenzeli

Synonymy list

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
family	Pterineidae
genus	Leptodesma	Hall 1883
species	spinerigum

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Famennian or 387.95000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (40 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Eifelian - Givetian	393.47 - 382.31	USA (New York)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54747 54748)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Maryland)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54742)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (New York)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54743)
Givetian	387.95 - 382.31	USA (Pennsylvania)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54741)
Givetian - Frasnian	387.95 - 372.15	USA (New York)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54713 54744 54745 54746)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (Virginia)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54724)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (New York)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54242 54429 54514 54632 54634 54701 54730 54731 54732 54733 54734 54735 54736)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (Maryland)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54558 54738 54739 54740)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (West Virginia)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54238)
Frasnian	382.31 - 372.15	USA (Pennsylvania)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54274 54408 54504 54629 54729)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	USA (Pennsylvania)	Leptodesma spinerigum (54728)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	USA (New York)	Leptodesma spinerigum (14261 54260 54261 54262 54609 54737)