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Leangella (Leangella) hamari

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae

Taxonomy
Leangella hamari was named by Spjeldnaes (1957). Its type specimen is PMO 37879, a shell (complete shell), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leangella (Leangella) hamari by Candela and Harper (2014).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Leangella hamari Spjeldnaes pp. 81 - 83 figs. Pl. 2, figs. l-3, text-fig. 19J, 20
1962Leangella hamari Williams pp. 172 - 173 figs. Pl. XVI, figs. 16, 17
2014Leangella (Leangella) hamari Candela and Harper pp. Supplement 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
Lophophorata
PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
RankNameAuthor
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyPlectambonitoideaJones 1928
familyLeptestiidaeOpik 1933
genusLeangellaOpik 1933
subgenusLeangellaOpik 1933
specieshamari()

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.

Leangella (Leangella) hamari Spjeldnaes 1957
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Williams 1962Strongly concavo-convex, subtriangular Leangella with a finely parvicostellate ornamentation divided into sectors by strong radiating primary costae; lophophore platform small and subpetaloid in outline, two-thirds as long as wide and less than one-third as long as the brachial valve; ventral musclescar subcordate, small, about one-sixth as long as the pedicle valve.