Leptaena purpurea Cocks 1968 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 1968. Some strophomenacean brachiopods from the British Lower Silurian. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), London, Geology 15:283-324

Belongs to Leptaena according to L. R. M. Cocks 1968

Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena), Leptaena (Ygdrasilomena), Leptaena acuticuspidata, Leptaena aequalis, 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 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, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena spumifera, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina

Type specimen: BB 31465 (pedicle interior). Its type locality is Domas, which is in a Telychian marine shale/limestone in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (2 collections), the United Kingdom (5)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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