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Ledina

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Ledina was named by Dall (1898) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 700,899].

It was reranked as Leda (Ledina) by Dall (1898); it was reranked as Jupiteria (Ledina) by Vokes (1939).

It was assigned to Leda by Dall (1898); to Jupiteria by Vokes (1939); to Nuculanidae by Gardner (1945), Moore (1983); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Nuculaninae by Stilwell et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Ledina Dall
1898Leda (Ledina) Dall p. 580
1939Jupiteria (Ledina) Vokes
1945Ledina Gardner p. 43
1983Ledina Moore p. A22
2002Ledina Sepkoski
2004Ledina Stilwell et al. pp. 17, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusLedinaDall 1898

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.

G. †Ledina Dall 1898
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Ledina duttonae Vokes 1939
Ledina fresnoensis Dickerson 1916
Ledina smirna Dall 1898
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Serravallian or 72.20000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) L. lepida (74127 74129 74188 74189)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Southland) Nuculana taioma (50209 50210 50211 50212 50213 50216)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Jupiteria smirna (91778 91832 98701)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) L. lepida (74130 74134 74138 74148 74149 74150 74151 74152 74153 74155 74156 74157 74158 74160 74163 74164 74166 74167 74168 74169 74170 74171)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Texas) Jupiteria smirna (98727 98795 99017 99071 108435)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Jupiteria jonesi (90601)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0Russian Federation L. fresnoensis (49981)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Jupiteria smirna (90606 205452 205499)
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Nuevo Leon) L. smirna (42918 42920 42926 42927)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene59.24 - 48.07USA (California) L. duttonae (199853)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Australia (Victoria) L. paucigradata (85124)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) L. amygdaloides (3260)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) L. turgeo (83950)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Jupiteria duttonae, Leda fresnoensis (122294) Nuculana fresnoensis (238132)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (Oregon) Nuculana fresnoensis (200885)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) L. sp. (205507) L. turgeo (205520)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Mississippi) L. sp. (205498)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9USA (Texas) L. sp. (98863)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Cyprus Leda bonellii (71881)