Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Parent taxon: Leptellininae according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Alikhova 1953, Opik 1933 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acculina, Bekkerella, Benignites, Dulankarella, Kajnaria, Kilbuchomena, Leptastichidia, Leptellina, Mabella, Reversella, Shlyginia
Subtaxa: Leptelloidea leptelloides Leptelloidea musca
Type: Plectambonites schmidti leptelloides
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection)
• Uhaku of Estonia (1), Norway (1)
• Arenig of China (2)
• Ordovician of China (12), Estonia (1), Lithuania (2), Norway (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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