Bivalvia - Cardiida - Leptonidae
Parent taxon: Leptonidae according to A. G. Beu et al. 1990
See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Lamprell and Healy 1998, Sepkoski 2002, Vokes 1980 and Wienrich 1999
Sister taxa: Anomalokellia, Properycina, Temblornia, Vermitexa, Vermitexta
Subtaxa: Lepton (Divarikellia) Lepton (Lepton) Lepton (Planikellia) Lepton alabamiensis Lepton lepidum Lepton squamosum
Ecology: stationary infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), the United Kingdom (5), United States (2: Louisiana)
• Pliocene of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Miocene of Bulgaria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Germany (3), Italy (2), the Netherlands (1)
• Eocene of France (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
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