Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Alternative combinations: Katastrophomena pen, Strophonella penkillensis
Belongs to Katastrophomena according to Cocks 1968
See also Baarli 1987, Musteikis and Cocks 2004 and Rubel 2011
Sister taxa: Katastrophomena (Costistrophomena), Katastrophomena (Katastrophomena), Katastrophomena admiratio, Katastrophomena agrestis, Katastrophomena antiquata, Katastrophomena catalorni, Katastrophomena dolhirensis, Katastrophomena mackenzii, Katastrophomena maxima, Katastrophomena modesta, Katastrophomena parvicardinis, Katastrophomena radiireticulata, Katastrophomena scabrosa, Katastrophomena scotica, Katastrophomena woodlandensis, Katastrophomena zheganensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bargany Pond Burn (= Lauchlan Burn), Girvan, which is in a Telychian basinal (siliciclastic) siltstone in the Wood Burn Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Norway (10 collections), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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