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Prosoleptus

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae

Taxonomy
Prosoleptus was named by Beushausen (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr m Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 94].

It was reranked as Ctenodonta (Prosoleptus) by Frech (1912).

It was assigned to Ctenodonta by Frech (1912); to Malletiinae by Vokes (1980); to Nuculoida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Malletiidae by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Prosoleptus Beushausen p. 95
1912Ctenodonta (Prosoleptus) Frech
1980Prosoleptus Vokes p. 4
2002Prosoleptus Sepkoski
2014Prosoleptus Ros-Franch et al.

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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
familyMalletiidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusProsoleptusBeushausen 1895

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. †Prosoleptus Beushausen 1895
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†Prosoleptus lineata Goldfuss 1837
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Invalid names: Nucula faba Wissmann 1841 [synonym], Nucula stotteri Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Nucula undata Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: deposit feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:26:01
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:26:01
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Carnian or 336.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Nucula undata (73421)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Bakony) Ctenodonta lineata (203242)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Turkey Palaeoneilo lineata (78358)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Vietnam P. lineata (99739)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) Palaeoneilo lineata (44953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy P. lineatus (164191)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) Palaeoneilo lineata (203277)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Palaeoneilo lineata (205149)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary Ctenodonta lineata (73286)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Nucula lineata, Nucula faba (137429) Palaeoneilo lineata, Palaeoneilo faba (144634) P. faba (69652) P. lineatus (69650 69667 69668 69681 69683 69688 69689 69690 69691) P. sp. (69669)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Serbia and Montenegro Nucula lineata (56632)