Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Parent taxon: Leptaeninae according to M. Rubel 2011
See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Jin and Chatterton 1997, Musteikis and Cocks 2004, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Astamena, Bracteoleptaena, Estonomena, Glossoleptaena, Harjumena, Hingganoleptaena, Hollardina, Leptaena, Leptaenopyxis, Leptagonia, Limbimurina, Lioleptaena, Lissoleptaena, Mackerrovia, Notoleptaena, Oandumena, Rugoleptaena, Schmidtomena, Tchadania, Rhactomena
Subtaxa: Lepidoleptaena lepidula Lepidoleptaena poulseni
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Whitwellian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Belarus (1), Estonia (4), Lithuania (1), Sweden (8), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (3), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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