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 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 salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena spumifera, Orhoria lappina, Orhoria lappa
Type specimen: OUM C9168, a valve (pedicle valve). Its type locality is Hope Quarry, Minsterley, Shropshire, which is in an Aeronian marine mudstone in the Venusbank Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Quebec collection), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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