Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pterineidae

Alternative spellings: Leiopteria, Leptodesma (Leioptera)

Parent taxon: Leptodesma according to L. Li 1995

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Rode and Lieberman 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Leptodesma (Leptodesma), Leptodesma (Springeria), Leptodesma bakewellioides, Leptodesma chidruensis, Leptodesma eolus, Leptodesma gouldii, Leptodesma guadalupensis, Leptodesma indistincta, Leptodesma rogersi, Leptodesma spinigerum, Leptodesma transversa, Leptodesma welleri, Leptodesma wupperanum

Subtaxa: Leiopteria angusticoncha Leiopteria australis Leiopteria carrandibbiensis Leiopteria consimilis Leiopteria elegans Leiopteria inflata Leiopteria opportuna Leiopteria rafinesquii Leiopteria verrucosa Leptodesma (Leiopteria) aviculaeformis Leptodesma (Leiopteria) bonaerensis Leptodesma (Leiopteria) buhaheensis Leptodesma (Leiopteria) dutoiti Leptodesma (Leiopteria) falcata Leptodesma (Leiopteria) guizhouensis Leptodesma (Leiopteria) zhangi

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Distribution:

• Permian of Argentina (2 collections), Australia (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), Brazil (1), China (12), India (2), Italy (3), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (4)

• Westphalian of Spain (1)

• Mississippian of United States (1: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of Ireland (1), the United Kingdom (12), United States (2: Iowa)

• Devonian of Australia (11), Brazil (2), Canada (2: Alberta, Ontario), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (6), Ghana (1), Libya (4), Luxembourg (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (2), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), United States (146: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin)

• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (2)

• Silurian of Austria (1), Canada (2: Manitoba, Ontario), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (1), Morocco (1), Poland (4), United States (12: Maryland, New York, West Virginia)

Total: 251 collections including 263 occurrences

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