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Leptestiina prantli

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae

Taxonomy

Leptestiina prantli was named by Havlicek (1952). It is the type species of Leptestiina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. veturna

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1952	Leptestiina prantli Havlicek

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
—	Lophophorata
—	Panbrachiopoda	Carlson and Cohen 2020

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Brachiopoda	Cuvier 1805
subphylum	Rhynchonelliformea	Williams et al. 1996
class	Strophomenata	Williams et al 1996
order	Strophomenida	Opik 1934
superfamily	Plectambonitoidea	Jones 1928
family	Leptestiidae	Opik 1933
genus	Leptestiina	Opik 1933
species	prantli	Havlicek 1952

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.

†Leptestiina prantli Havlicek 1952

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calcitep

Environment:

marineuc

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yesp

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

suspension feederf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-04-13 10:33:01

Modified:

2018-11-10 17:59:51

Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade

References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Soudleyan to the top of the Rawtheyan or 458.20000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Soudleyan - Marshbrookian	458.2 - 454.0	China (JiangSu)	Leptestiina prantli (7943)
Kralodvorian	450.1 - 445.2	Czech Republic (Prague)	Leptestiina prantli (76477)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan	450.1 - 445.2	Czech Republic	Leptestiina prantli (3878 238013)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	USA (Maine)	Leptestiina prantli (185954)
Ashgill	449.5 - 443.1	China (Guizhou)	Leptestiina prantli (186312 186318)