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Leptosolen ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8092138	https://www.gbif.org/species/8092138
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	17811	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=17811

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Unionida : Iridinidae : Leptosolen

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Solenida : Pharidae : Leptosolen

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
-	Solenata	Dall 1889
order	Solenida	Dall 1889
superfamily	Solenoidea
family	Pharidae	Adams and A 1858
subfamily	Cultellinae
genus	Leptosolen	Conrad 1865

Scientific Name

Leptosolen Conrad, 1865

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1865

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leptosolen	genus	belongs to Solenidae	stated with evidence	Russell and Landes, 1937
Leptosolen	genus	belongs to Cultellidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Leptosolen	genus	belongs to Veneroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Pharidae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Pharidae)

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)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Leptosolen albertensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Leptosolen angustus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptosolen biplica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		88	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Leptosolen conradi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptosolen levis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptosolen linguliformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leptosolen quadrilateralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1865	Leptosolen Conrad
1937	Leptosolen Russell and Landes p. 160
1980	Leptosolen Vokes p. 141
2002	Leptosolen Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Russell L. S., Landes R. W. (1937) Geology of the Southern Alberta Plains. Part II. Paleontology of the marine formations of the Montana Group, Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 221

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

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 unverified - 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

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1865 - 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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