Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Leptaena infrunita
Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267
Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena) altera, Leptaena (Leptaena) bergstroemi, Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, Leptaena (Leptaena) diademata, Leptaena (Leptaena) enucleata, Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis, 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) trifidum, Leptaena (Leptaena) valentia, Leptaena (Leptaena) ventricosa
Type specimen: BB.26084, a valve (Internal and external mould of brachial valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Power-house near limekiln, main quarries south, 180 yards west of Craighead Farm (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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