Leptaena moniquensis Foerste 1924 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1924. Upper Ordovician faunas of Ontario and Quebec. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 138(121):1-99

Belongs to Leptaena according to J. K. Pope 1982

See also Foerste 1924

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 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, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena rugosoides, Orhoria lappina, Orhoria lappa, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena crassorugata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (8: Ontario, Québec collections), United States (2: New York, Tennessee)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

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