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Ledina

Description

Ledina (pronounced [lɛˈdiːna]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills northwest of Sevnica in east-central Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Styria. The entire Municipality of Sevnica is now included in the Lower Sava Statistical Region.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)10565664https://www.gbif.org/species/10565664
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)16061https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16061
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Yoldiidae : Ledina
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Nuculanida : Nuculanidae : Ledina
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classBivalviaLinnaeus 1758
orderProtobranchiaPelseneer 1889
superorderNuculaniformiiCarter et al. 2000
orderNuculanida
superfamilyNuculanoideaAdams and Adams 1858
familyNuculanidaeAdams and Adams 1858
subfamilyNuculaninaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusLedinaDall 1898
Scientific NameLedina
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ledinasubgenusbelongs to Ledastated without evidenceDall, 1898
Ledinasubgenusbelongs to Jupiteriastated without evidenceVokes, 1939
Ledinagenusbelongs to Nuculanidaestated without evidenceGardner, 1945
Ledinagenusbelongs to Nuculoidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Ledinagenusbelongs to Nuculaninaestated with evidenceStilwell et al., 2004
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance13.8 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentcoastal,inner shelf,outer shelf,oceanic (based on Nuculanidae)
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Nuculanidae)
Visionblind (based on Bivalvia)
Dietdeposit feeder, suspension feeder (based on Nuculanidae)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Nuculanidae)
Taphonomyaragonite,thin,minor ribbing (based on Nuculanidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledina

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Jupiteria (Ledina) duttonae
species
listed (PBDB)258.7 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Ledina fresnoensis
species
listed (PBDB)366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Ledina smirna
species
listed (PBDB)1366.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
58.7 Ma
Paleocene
Ledina taioma
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1898Ledina Dall
1898Leda (Ledina) Dall p. 580
1939Jupiteria (Ledina) Vokes
1945Ledina Gardner p. 43
2002Ledina Sepkoski, Jr.
2004Ledina Stilwell et al. pp. 17, 18

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Vokes H. E. (1939) Molluscan faunas of the Domengine and Arroyo Hondo Formations of the California Eocene, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 38, 1-246
Gardner J. (1945) Mollusca of the Tertiary formations of Northeastern Mexico, Geological Society of American Memoir 11
Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006/ITIS - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
CoL2006/ITIS - Apparent misspelling - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Manual inspection (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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