Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1974. Late Ordovician and Early Silurian articulate brachiopods from Oklahoma, southwestern Illinois, and eastern Missouri. Bulletin - Oklahoma Geological Survey 119:1-154
Belongs to Leptaena according to T. W. Amsden 1974
Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena), Leptaena (Ygdrasilomena), Leptaena acuticuspidata, Leptaena alliku, Leptaena amelia, Leptaena analogaeformis, Leptaena arberae, Leptaena argentina, Leptaena borghiana, Leptaena boyaca, Leptaena contermina, Leptaena convexa, Leptaena cooperi, Leptaena croma, Leptaena crypta, Leptaena cryptoides, Leptaena dejecta, Leptaena delicata, Leptaena electra, Leptaena ennessbe, Leptaena gibbosa, Leptaena holcrofti, Leptaena indigena, Leptaena kentuckiana, Leptaena lappa, Leptaena lappina, Leptaena lemniscata, Leptaena limbifera, Leptaena moniquensis, Leptaena nanaformis, Leptaena nassichuki, Leptaena odeon, Leptaena oklahomensis, Leptaena orhor, Leptaena parvirugata, Leptaena parvissima, Leptaena paucirugata, Leptaena poulseni, Leptaena praequalis, Leptaena provellerosa, Leptaena purpurea, Leptaena quadrata, Leptaena rara, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Leptaena richmondensis, Leptaena rugaurita, Leptaena rugosa, Leptaena salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena taxilla, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina
Type specimen: OU 6795. Its type locality is Locality U. Blue Shawnee Creek, east of New Wells, which is in a Gamachian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Leemon Formation of Missouri.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Mongolia (1 collection)
• Ordovician of United States (2: Illinois, Missouri)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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