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Leptaeninae

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Leptaeninae Hall and Clarke
1894Leptaenidae Hall and Clarke p. 48
1974Leptaeninae Bassett and Cocks
1977Leptaenidae Mitchell
1982Leptaenidae Owen and Harper
1987Leptaenidae Temple p. 75
1996Leptaenidae Villas and Cocks p. 584
1997Leptaenidae Jin and Chatterton
2000Leptaeninae Williams et al. p. 241
2004Leptaeninae Roomusoks
2005Leptaeninae Cocks p. 255
2010Leptaeninae Cocks
2011Leptaeninae Rubel
2015Leptaeninae Hints and Harper

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
—PanbrachiopodaCarlson and Cohen 2020
RankNameAuthor
phylumBrachiopodaCuvier 1805
subphylumRhynchonelliformeaWilliams et al. 1996
classStrophomenataWilliams et al 1996
orderStrophomenidaOpik 1934
superfamilyStrophomenoideaKing 1846
familyRafinesquinidaeSchuchert 1893
subfamilyLeptaeninaeHall and Clarke 1894
subfamilyLeptaeninaeHall and Clarke 1894

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.

Subfm. †Leptaeninae Hall and Clarke 1894
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G. †Astamena Roomusoks 1989
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†Astamena inaequalis Roomusoks 1989
G. †Estonomena Roomusoks 1989
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†Estonomena kalevi Roomusoks 2004
†Estonomena lindae Roomusoks 1989
G. †Glossoleptaena Havlicek 1967
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†Glossoleptaena emarginata Barrande 1879
†Glossoleptaena pixis Kelly 1967
Invalid names: Ludfordina Kelly 1967 [synonym]
G. †Harjumena Roomusoks 1993
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†Harjumena schmidti Gagel and Holtedahl 1916
G. †Hollardina Racheboeuf et al. 1982
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†Hollardina plana Racheboeuf et al. 1982
G. †Lepidoleptaena Havlicek 1963
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†Lepidoleptaena lepidula Barrande 1879
G. †Leptaena Dalman 1828
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†Conchita rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
Subg. †Leptaena (Leptaena) Dalman 1828
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†Leptaena (Leptaena) altera Rybnikova 1966
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Invalid names: Leptaena venzavensis Rybnikova 1966 [synonym]
†Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi Spjeldnaes 1957
†Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistriata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
†Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum Marek and Havlíček 1967
†Leptaena acuticuspidata Amsden 1958
†Leptaena aequalis Amsden 1974
†Leptaena alliku Oraspold 1956
†Leptaena amelia Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena analogaeformis Biernat 1966
†Leptaena arberae Kelly 1967
†Leptaena argentina Thomas 1905
†Leptaena borghiana Mergl and Massa 1992
†Leptaena boyaca Caster 1939
†Leptaena contermina Cocks 1968
†Leptaena convexa Weller 1914
†Leptaena cooperi Easton et al. 1958
†Leptaena croma Havlicek and Storch 1990
†Leptaena crypta Öpik 1930
†Leptaena cryptoides Oraspold 1956
†Leptaena dejecta Baarli 1995
†Leptaena delicata Amsden 1949
†Leptaena electra Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena ennessbe Spjeldnaes 1957
†Leptaena gibbosa James 1874
†Leptaena holcrofti Bassett 1974
†Leptaena indigena Spjeldnaes 1957
†Leptaena ingrica Roomusoks 2004
†Leptaena kentuckiana Pope 1982
†Leptaena lappa Havlicek and Storch 1990
†Leptaena lappina Havlicek and Storch 1990
†Leptaena lemniscata Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena limbifera Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena minuta Kiaer 1926
†Leptaena moniquensis Foerste 1924
†Leptaena nanaformis Zhang et al. 1983
†Leptaena nassichuki Smith 1980
†Leptaena odeon Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena oklahomensis Amsden 1951
†Leptaena orhor Havlicek and Storch 1990
†Leptaena parvirugata Hoel 2005
†Leptaena parvissima Ivanovskii and Kulkov 1974
†Leptaena paucirugata Roomusoks 1989
†Leptaena poulseni Kelly 1967
†Leptaena praequalis Rozman 1977
†Leptaena provellerosa Havlicek and Storch 1990
†Leptaena purpurea Cocks 1968
†Leptaena quadrata Bancroft 1949
†Leptaena rara Alekseeva and Erlanger 1983
†Leptaena rhomboidalis Wahlenberg 1818
†Leptaena richmondensis Foerste 1909
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Invalid names: Leptaena precursor Foerste 1909 [synonym]
†Leptaena rugaurita Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena rugosa Dalman 1828
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Invalid names: Leptaena (Leptaena) martinensis Cocks 1968 [synonym]
†Leptaena salopiensis Williams 1963
†Leptaena semiradiata Sowerby 1842
†Leptaena sperion Bassett 1977
†Leptaena valida Bancroft 1949
†Leptaena veldrensis Spjeldnaes 1957
†Leptaena vellerosa Havlicek 1967
†Leptaena ventricosa Hall 1857
†Leptaena ventricosa Williams 1963
†Leptaena wesenbergensis Alichova 1954
†Leptaena zeta Lamont 1947
†Leptaena ziegleri Cocks 1968
Invalid names: Kurnamena Roomusoks 1989 [synonym], Leptaenopoma Marek and Havlíček 1967 [synonym], Orhoria Havlicek and Storch 1990 [synonym], Similoleptaena Roomusoks 1989 [synonym], Turgenostrophia [synonym]
G. †Leptaenopyxis Havlícek 1963
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†Leptaenopyxis bouei Barrande 1848
†Leptaenopyxis kerfornei Racheboeuf 1976
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†Leptagonia analoga Phillips 1836
†Leptagonia goldfussiana Barrande 1848
†Leptagonia relicta Havlicek 1967
Invalid names: Adiaphragma [synonym], Semileptagonia [synonym]
G. †Mackerrovia Cocks 1968
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†Mackerrovia jinei Cocks 2014
†Mackerrovia lobatus Lamont and Gilbert 1945
G. †Notoleptaena Gill 1951
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†Notoleptaena undulifera Talent 1963
G. †Oandumena Roomusoks 1989
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†Oandumena fluviatalis Oraspold 1956
†Oandumena fluviatilis Oraspold 1956
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Invalid names: Elliptostrophia [synonym], Yunnanoleptaena [synonym]
G. †Schmidtomena Roomusoks 1989
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†Schmidtomena acuteplicata Schmidt 1908
G. †Tchadania
Invalid names: Leptaenidae Hall and Clarke 1894 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitep
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesp
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-13 09:59:34
Modified: 2018-11-10 17:59:35
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Nesnidal et al. 2013, Hendy et al. 2009, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lasnamagi to the top of the Alportian or 463.50000 to 321.80000 Ma

Collections (1748 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Darriwilian467.3 - 458.4USA (British Columbia) Leptaenidae indet. (149570)
Lasnamagi463.5 - 460.9Estonia Estonomena kalevi (168777)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Estonia Estonomena kalevi (168511) Estonomena kalevi, Estonomena lindae (168778) Estonomena lindae (168558)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Estonia (Laane) Estonomena kalevi (168636)
Uhaku459.7 - 458.0Estonia (Harju) Estonomena kalevi (168652) Estonomena lindae (168476 168496)
Dobrotivian - Berounian459.0 - 449.8France (Montagne Noire) Leptaena sp. (21005)
Dobrotivian - Berounian459.0 - 449.8France Leptaena sp. (21007)
Costonian458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Leptaena sp. (3371)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (England) Leptaena sp. (3302 3303)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2Ireland (Leinster) Leptaena sp. (55671)

Youngest occurrences
Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Australia (Queensland) Leptagonia analoga (40008 145052)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0Australia (New South Wales) Leptaena sp. (133349)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Leptaena analoga (5985 5992 5994 5995)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Leptagonia sp. (6950)
Asbian - Brigantian340.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Leptaena analoga (5986 5987) Leptagonia caledonica (28383)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Australia (New South Wales) Leptagonia analoga (8221 8222)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Leptaena analoga (73391 73392 73393 73394 73431) Leptagonia caledonica (162351)
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7United Kingdom (England) Leptagonia smithi (162359 162361)
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Arkansas) Leptagonia sp. (79870 79872 79873)
Alportian322.8 - 321.8United Kingdom (England) Leptagonia smithi (162353)