Leptostrophia Hall and Clarke 1892 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae

Alternative spelling: Stropheodonta (Leptostrophia)

Synonym: Magniventra Harper and Boucot 1978

Parent taxon: Leptostrophiidae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Bassett and Cocks 1974, Reed 1917 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Barbaestrophia, Brachyprion, Castellaroina, Chynistrophia, Eomegastrophia, Eostropheodonta, Gamphalosia, Gibberostrophia, Mesoleptostrophia, Nervostrophia, Palaeoleptostrophia, Protoleptostrophia, Protomegastrophia, Retrorstrophia, Rotundostrophia, Tubulostrophia, Tudiaophomena, Tuvaechonetes, Tuvaestrophia, Velostrophia, Viodostrophia

Subtaxa: Leptostrophia (Leptostrophia) Leptostrophia (Rhytistrophia) Leptostrophia affinalata Leptostrophia beckii Leptostrophia beechhillensis Leptostrophia inequicostella Leptostrophia jamesoni Leptostrophia reedi Magniventra magniventra

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Australia (31), Canada (19: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon), China (12), Colombia (3), the Czech Republic (5), Germany (9), New Zealand (5), Spain (4), Turkey (1), United States (40: Alaska, California, Iowa, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Tennessee, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania), Venezuela (5)

• Silurian to Devonian of Spain (1), United States (1: Oklahoma)

• Niagaran of Canada (1: Québec)

• Silurian of Argentina (2), Australia (10), Canada (34: Nova Scotia, Quebec, Québec), China (12), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (2), France (1), Iran (1), Mexico (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (5), Sweden (4), the United Kingdom (16), United States (8: Iowa, Maryland, New York, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)

Total: 242 collections including 247 occurrences

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