Leptaena salopiensis Williams 1963 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: A. Williams. 1963. The Caradocian brachiopod faunas of the Bala District, Merionethshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 8(7):327-471

Belongs to Leptaena according to J. M. Hurst 1979

See also Cocks 2010 and Williams 1963

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 purpurea, Leptaena quadrata, Leptaena rara, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Leptaena richmondensis, Leptaena rugaurita, Leptaena rugosa, 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 29144, a valve (external and internal mould of a ventral valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptaena salopiensis in the database

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