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Protoleptostrophia perplana

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Taxonomy
Strophomena perplana was named by Conrad (1839).

It was recombined as Strophodonta perplana by Hall (1867) and Walcott (1884); it was recombined as Stropheodonta perplana by Schuchert (1897); it was recombined as Leptostrophia perplana by Clarke (1903); it was recombined as Protoleptostrophia perplana by Caster (1939) and Ellison (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Strophomena perplana Conrad p. 257
1867Strophodonta perplana Hall figs. pl. 11, fig. 22
1884Strophodonta perplana Walcott p. 120 figs. Plate xiii, fig. 11
1897Stropheodonta perplana Schuchert
1903Leptostrophia perplana Clarke p. 243
1939Protoleptostrophia perplana Caster pp. 175 - 176
1965Protoleptostrophia perplana Ellison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyLeptostrophiidaeCaster 1939
genusProtoleptostrophiaCaster 1939
speciesperplana(Conrad 1839)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 10:28:32
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Devonian to the top of the Famennian or 419.20000 to 358.90000 Ma

Collections (176 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Devonian419.2 - 393.3Canada (Ontario) Protoleptostrophia perplana (40058)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Pennsylvania) Leptostrophia perplana (232686)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Canada (Ontario) Protoleptostrophia perplana (213759)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Virginia) Stropheodonta perplana (6993)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Leptostrophia perplana (9538 9541 9547 9549 9552 9553 9613 9615 9617)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Protoleptostrophia perplana (91091 91215 91216 91217 91228 91229 91230 91232 91233 91234 91235 91237 91238 91239 91242 91243 91244 91245 91246 91248 91250 91270 91271 91272 91274 91275 91277 91278 91279 91280 91281)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Protoleptostrophia perplana (65999 66003)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Ohio) Protoleptostrophia perplana (38450 38451 38452 38455 38456 38457 38458 38459 38460 38463 38464 38465 38466)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Protoleptostrophia perplana (5619 5620 5657 5661 5664 5665 5666 5668 8714 8715 8717 8723 8724 8725 8740 8978 8980 8982 8985 8987 8991 8993 8995 9001 9003 9004 9006 9015 9016 9017 9018 9019 9020 9027 9028 9399 9400 9402 9403 9404 9405 9406 9407 9409 9501 9502 9503 9504 9506 9603 9604 9607 9608 9609 9610 9612 10107 10109 10110 10119 74985 76163 89648 89651 89652 89653 89657 89660 89661 89663 89667 89670 89672 89673 89674 89712 89741 89750 89756 89876 89877 89885 89893 89903 89910 89943 90843 94410 94411 94432 94433 96209 96210 96211 96212 96213 111331 111343)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (West Virginia) Protoleptostrophia perplana (96330 96331)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) Protoleptostrophia perplana (9659 9661 9667 9674 9704 9888 9893 9905 9910 9914 9925)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Protoleptostrophia perplana (38475 38476)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9USA (New York) Strophodonta perplana (14261 54260 54261 54493)