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Leptodesma (Leptodesma) rhysema

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Leptodesma (Leptodesma) rhysema was named by Hoare (2007). Its type specimen is OSU 52376, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Somerset Cut Limestone quarry, east side County Road 96, 2.1 km N County Rd 96, which is in a Chesterian/Brigantian carbonate limestone/shale in the Maxville Limestone Formation of Ohio.