Leptaena oklahomensis Amsden 1951 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: T. W. Amsden. 1951. Brachiopods of the Henryhouse Formation (Silurian) of Oklahoma. Journal of Paleontology 25(1 [3]):69-96

Belongs to Leptaena according to T. W. Amsden 1951

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

Type specimen: USNM 115293. Its type locality is Locality 13. Chimneyhill Creek Section, which is in a Gorstian carbonate limestone/shale in the Henryhouse Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of United States (22: Missouri, Oklahoma collections)

Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence

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