Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combinations: Leptaena trifidum, Leptaenopoma trifidum
Full reference: L. Marek and V. Havlíček. 1967. The articulate brachiopods of the Kosov Formation (upper Ashgillian). Vestník Ústredního ústavu geologického 42(4):275-284
Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to L.R.M. Cocks 2005
See also Marek and Havlíček 1967, Rong et al. 2002 and Rong and Li 1999
Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena) altera, Leptaena (Leptaena) bergstroemi, Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, Leptaena (Leptaena) diademata, Leptaena (Leptaena) enucleata, Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita, Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica, Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea, Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosoides, Leptaena (Leptaena) salopiensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) semiovalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistrata, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistriata, Leptaena (Leptaena) valentia, Leptaena (Leptaena) ventricosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Temporary outcrop just northwest of Běchovice, which is in a Hirnantian transition zone/lower shoreface shale in the Kosov Formation of the Czech Republic
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of China (8 collections), the Czech Republic (2), Sweden (5)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
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