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Leptomya

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5189063	https://www.gbif.org/species/5189063
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17809	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17809

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Cardiida : Semelidae : Leptomya

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Heteroconchia
-	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
-	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea
family	Semelidae	Stoliczka 1870
genus	Leptomya	A.Adams 1864

Scientific Name

Leptomya A.Adams, 1864

Name Published In

Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Nearea found in the seas of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(3): 206-209.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptomya	genus	belongs to Semelidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Leptomya	genus	belongs to Semelidae	implied	Lamprell and Whitehead, 1992
Leptomya	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Semelidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Semelidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Bivalvia)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Leptomya bracheon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya breviformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya cochlearis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya concentrica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya cuspidariaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya ecuadoriana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya gravida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya minuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya nitida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya psittacus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya pura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya retiaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya rostrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya simplex species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya trigonalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptomya waitemataensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Leptomya Adams
1980	Leptomya Vokes p. 151
1992	Leptomya Lamprell and Whitehead p. 118
2002	Leptomya Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Lamprell K., Whitehead T. (1992) , Bivalves of Australia 1

Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Nearea found in the seas of Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 13(3): 206-209. - via World Register of Marine Species

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (3) 13 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Brusca & Brusca, 1990 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Australian Faunal Directory (May 2014) - 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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