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Levipleura

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Taxonomy
Levipleura was named by Gründel and Nützel (1998).

It was assigned to Zygopleuridae by Gründel (1999); and to Zygopleurinae by Gründel et al. (2011).

Species
L. blainvillei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Levipleura Gründel and Nützel
1999Levipleura Gründel p. 248
2011Levipleura Gründel et al. p. 496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyZygopleurinaeWenz 1938
genusLevipleuraGründel and Nützel 1998

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.

G. †Levipleura Gründel and Nützel 1998
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†Levipleura blainvillei Munster 1844
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height53.470.9009.306.303.65
shell height44.402.0010.04.353.42

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Obtusum to the top of the Callovian or 199.50000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom L. sp. (118018)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany L. blainvillei (23813)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Germany L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (151335)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) L. blainvillei (225401 225402 225405)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany L. blainvillei (23624 23625 23626 23627 23628 23812 23814 23815 23816 23817 23818 23839 23840 23841 23842 23843 23844 23845 23846 23847 23848)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) L. blainvillei (23849 23850 23851 23852 23853 23854 23855 23856 23857 23858 23859 23860)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom L. blainvillei (118051 118058)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Zygopleura blainvillei (204123)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom L. blainvillei (213639 213640 213643 213645 213655)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) L. sp., Zygopleura blainvillei (25502)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany L. blainvillei (152175 159446 228498)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom L. blainvillei (213675 213677 213678 213679 213680 213681 213684 213685 213686 213688 213689 213690 213691 213694 213696 213698 213894)
Tenuicostatum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom L. blainvillei (118021)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Germany L. sp. (58353)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Russian Federation L. sp. (68348 68349)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany L. sp. (58256 58333 58345 58399)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland L. sp. (58231)