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Pisidium leslieae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae

Taxonomy
Pisidium leslieae was named by Firby (1966). Its type specimen is UCMP 37872, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pisidium leslieae Firby p. 463 figs. 2, 3, 6, 7, 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
DreissenoiteiMoore 1952
superfamilySphaerioideaDeshayes 1854
familySphaeriidaeDeshayes 1855
subfamilyPisidiinae(Gray 1857)
genusPisidiumPfeiffer 1821
speciesleslieae

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.

Pisidium leslieae Firby 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Firby 1966Shell trigonal, inflated; beaks high, two-thirds distant from anterior margin; surface of shell with prominent concentric sculpture, regularly spaced, uniform in size near beak, stronger towards margin; hinge arched, wath cardinal area almost straight; posterior margin slightly curved; right valve with two posterior and two anterior laterals, posterior laterals slightly more massive than anterior; cavity between both posterior and anterior laterals deep; dorsal laterals low, ventral laterals roundly pointed; crescent-shaped shallow ligamental groove from cardinal tooth extends anteriorly to, but does not meet, anterior lateral; 2 triangular, pointed cardinal teeth; anterior cardinal extended to form low ridge which joins anterior lateral, forming ventral boundary of the anterior ligamental groove.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:30:15
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015
Collections
No collection or age range data are available