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Leda parkei

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Leda parkei was named by Anderson and Hanna (1925) [Lower-Upper Eocene; California]. Its type specimen is CAS 782, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 244, Live Oak Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Nuculana parkei by Turner (1938) and Vokes (1939); it was recombined as Calorhadia parkei by Stewart (1946); it was recombined as Nuculana (Saccella) parkei by Givens (1974) and Givens and Kennedy (1976); it was recombined as Hilgardia parkei by Moore (1983), Squires (1987) and Squires (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Leda parkei Anderson and Hanna pp. 179-180 figs. pl. 2, fig. 10, 11
1927Leda parkei Hanna p. 270
1938Nuculana parkei Turner p. 42 figs. Plate 5, figure 5
1939Nuculana parkei Vokes p. 42
1946Calorhadia parkei Stewart pp. table 1 (in pocket)
1974Nuculana (Saccella) parkei Givens p. 39
1976Nuculana (Saccella) parkei Givens and Kennedy p. 973
1983Hilgardia parkei Moore pp. A22 - A23 figs. Plate 3, figures 6, 7
1987Hilgardia parkei Squires p. 54 fig. 87
2001Hilgardia parkei Squires p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusLedaLink 1807
speciesparkeiAnderson and Hanna 1925

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.

Leda parkei Anderson and Hanna 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Leda parkei (type locality: 207112)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Nuculana parkei (200657)