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Leptodesma
Taxonomy
Leptodesma was named by Hall (1883) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-m P Guad-u]. Its type is Leptodesma rogersi.
It was assigned to Pteriacea by Amler (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pterineidae by Vokes (1980), Anelli et al. (2006), Amler (2010); and to Leptodesmatinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Pteriacea by Amler (1992); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Pterineidae by Vokes (1980), Anelli et al. (2006), Amler (2010); and to Leptodesmatinae by Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
L. (Leiopteria), L. (Leptodesma), L. (Springeria), L. bakewellioides, L. chidruensis, L. eolus, L. gouldii (syn. Cyrtodontarca parallelidentata, Cyrtodontarca multidentata), L. guadalupensis, L. indistincta, L. protextum, L. rogersi (type species), L. spinigerum, L. transversa, L. welleri, L. wupperanum
Species lacking formal opinion data