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Leptodesma spinigerum

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Taxonomy
Avicula spinigera was named by Conrad (1842).

It was recombined as Pteronites spinigerus by Miller (1877); it was recombined as Leptodesma spinigerum by McAlester (1962).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Avicula spinigera Conrad p. 237 figs. pl. 12, fig. 3
1877Pteronites spinigerus Miller p. 202
1962Leptodesma spinigerum McAlester pp. 33 - 35 figs. Plate 8, figures 11, 12; plate 9, figures 1-22; plate 10, figures 1-27; plate 11, figures 1-21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
familyPterineidae
genusLeptodesmaHall 1883
speciesspinigerum()

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.

†Leptodesma spinigerum Conrad 1842
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-26 07:57:22
Modified: 2009-06-05 15:47:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Givetian to the top of the Mississippian or 387.70000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (63 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Leptodesma spinigerum (86264 86267 86268 86326 89876 89878 89892 89894 89898 89900 89936 89939 89960 89964 89985 90841 90842 90843 90844 96341 96345 96356 96358 96363 96365 96373 96376 96387 96389 111343 111419 111424 111469 111470 111631 111640)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Pennsylvannia) Leptodesma spinigerum (233186)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Leptodesma spinigerum (10202 10225 10307 10316 10317 10318 10319 10321 10327 10334 10335 10413 10414 10415 10416 10418 10420 10422 10424 10427 10436 10437 10439 233184)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1USA (New York) Leptodesma spinigerum (3925)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2USA (California) Leptodesma spinigerum (214521)