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Leptonidae

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Leptonidae

Taxonomy
Leptonidae was named by Gray (1847) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5174]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lasaeidae by Bouchet et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Leptonacea by Glenn (1904) and Newell (1965); to Chamacea by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Galeommatacea by Vokes (1980) and Beu et al. (1990); to Galeommatoidea by Rosenberg (2005); and to Leptonoidea by Nevesskaja (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Leptonidae Gray
1904Leptonidae Glenn p. 327
1965Leptonidae Newell p. 19
1980Leptonidae Vokes p. 111
1987Leptonidae Ward and Blackwelder p. 130
1990Leptonidae Beu et al. p. 397
2005Leptonidae Rosenberg
2009Leptonidae Nevesskaja

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderLeptonidinaDall 1889
superfamilyGaleommatoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLeptonidaeGray 1847
familyLeptonidaeGray 1847

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.

Fm. Leptonidae Gray 1847
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G. Lepton Turton 1822
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Subg. Lepton (Lepton) Turton 1822
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Lepton alabamiensis Aldrich 1897
Lepton lepidum Say 1826
Lepton squamosum Montague 1803
G. †Properycina Cerulli Irelli 1908
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G. †Temblornia Keen 1943
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Temblornia virgata Gardner 1942
G. †Vermitexa Laseron 1956
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available