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Lepetopsis

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Metoptomatidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Lepetopsis Whitfield
1960Lepetopsis Knight et al. p. 232
1999Lepetopsis Starobogatov and Mazaev p. 88
2002Lepetopsis Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classTergomya
orderArchinacellida()
superfamilyArchinacelloidea()
familyMetoptomatidae
genusLepetopsis

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. †Lepetopsis Whitfield 1882
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Lepetopsis anthracophila Roemer 1880
Lepetopsis artiensis Stuckenburg 1898
Lepetopsis chesterensis Worthen 1884
Lepetopsis franae Lipman and Langenheim, Jr. 1983
Lepetopsis haworthi Beede 1907
Lepetopsis levettei White 1882
Lepetopsis peregrina Newell 1935
Lepetopsis petasus Mansuy 1913
Lepetopsis petricola Kittl 1894
Lepetopsis phillipsi de Koninck 1883
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Invalid names: Lepetopsis sinuosa de Koninck 1844 [replaced]
Lepetopsis retrorsa Phillips 1836
Lepetopsis taxiensis Liang 1980
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height218.617.220.218.72.11
shell height35.663.808.505.602.37
shell diameter314.5--14.5-

Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 11:50:19
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:50:19
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ivorian to the top of the Norian or 353.80000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) L. sp. (43949 44088)
Ivorian - Chadian353.8 - 345.0Ireland L. umbrellum (76501)
Arundian345.0 - 342.8Poland (Swietokrzyskie) L. sp. (60116)
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0Canada (Alberta) L. levitti (62396)
Meramecian345.0 - 336.0USA (Indiana) Patella levettei (129910)
Asbian339.4 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) L. phillipsi, L. retrorsus (5995)
Chesterian339.4 - 318.1USA (Illinois) L. chesterensis (59824) L. sp. (59825)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4Ireland (Cork) Patella sinuosa (184504)
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom (England) L. phillipsi, L. retrorsa (57131) L. retrorsus (67670)
Missourian305.9 - 303.4USA (Kansas) L. peregrina (160138)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nevada) L. franae (141539)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (Nevada) L. franae (49666 49667)
Virgilian303.4 - 298.9USA (Illinois) L. sp. (50219)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) L. sp. 1, L. sp. 2 (43478)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) L. sp. (62131)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) L. sp. (43494 43590 121369)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Arizona) L. sp. (39998 39999)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 265.1Indonesia (Sumatra) Patella anthracophila (121984)
Roadian - Capitanian272.3 - 259.9China (Heilongjiang) L. taxiensis (111764)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1China (Liaoning) L. shuangjingziensis (111761)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9Cambodia L. petasus (233582)
Wordian - Capitanian268.8 - 259.9Canada (Alberta) L. sp. (112837)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9USA (Texas) Capulus haworthi (136220) L. haworthi (97264 116643) Patella capitanensis (108831)
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9USA (New Mexico) L. sp. (101801)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Greece L. sp. (64171)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy L. petricola (138255)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Hungary L. petricola (73262)