Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Parent taxon: Rafinesquinidae according to C. R. Congreve et al. 2015
See also Cocks 2005, Cocks 2010, Mitchell 1977, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Crassitestella, Kjaerina, Kjerulfina, Leptaeninae, Rafinesquininae, Scamnomena
Subtaxa: Kiaeromena (Bekkeromena) Kiaeromena (Kiaeromena) Kiaeromena estonensis Kiaeromena ungula
Type: Leptaena kjerulfi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of China (1 collection)
• Ordovician of Australia (2), Belgium (4), China (1), Estonia (44), Ireland (1), Lithuania (1), Morocco (1), Norway (7), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), the United Kingdom (23)
Total: 88 collections including 90 occurrences
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