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Ledina duttonae

Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

Taxonomy
Jupiteria (Ledina) duttonae was named by Vokes (1939). Its type specimen is UCMP 15564 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ledina duttonae by Moore (1983) and Squires (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Leda bonellii, L. paucigradata, L. taioma, L. turgeo

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Jupiteria (Ledina) duttonae Vokes p. 44 figs. plate 1, fig. 6
1983Ledina duttonae Moore p. A22 figs. Plate 3, figure 3
1988Ledina duttonae Squires p. 206

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida(Carter et al. 2000)
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusLedinaDall 1898
speciesduttonae()

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.

†Ledina duttonae Vokes 1939
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10f
Thickness: thinf
Folds: nonef
Ribbing: minorf
Spines: nonef
Internal reinforcement: nonef
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-07-27 04:12:34
Modified: 2009-08-18 20:13:18
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (California) Ledina duttonae (199853)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Jupiteria duttonae (122294)