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Leptochondria minima

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae

Taxonomy
Pecten minimus was named by Kiparisova (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Karpinskaya Bay, Russky Island, which is in a Triassic marine horizon in the Russian Federation.

It was recombined as Leptochondria minima by Nakazawa (1971), Nakazawa (1981), Sha (1995), Gavrilova (1995), Dagis et al. (1996) and Kumagae and Nakazawa (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pecten minimus Kiparisova
1971Leptochondria minima Nakazawa p. 119 figs. Pl 23, figs 13,14
1981Leptochondria minima Nakazawa p. 103 figs. Pl 10, figs 2-5
1995Leptochondria minima Gavrilova
1995Leptochondria minima Sha p. 93 figs. Pl 26, fig 18
1996Leptochondria minima Dagis et al. p. 40 figs. Pl 7, figs 7,8
2009Leptochondria minima Kumagae and Nakazawa p. 163

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
AviculopectinoideiStarobogatov 1992
superfamilyHeteropectinoideaBeurlen 1954
familyHunanopectinidaeYin 1985
subfamilyAsoellinae()
genusLeptochondria
speciesminima(Kiparisova 1938)

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.

Leptochondria minima Kiparisova 1938
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available