Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Originally named Leptaena sericea by Sowerby (1839).
Alternative combinations: Leptaena sericea, Plectambonites serica, Sowerbyella sericea
Synonyms: Leptaena tenuicincta McCoy 1849, Sowerbyella tenuicincta McCoy 1849
Belongs to Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) according to M. Liljeroth et al. 2017
See also Cocks 2005, Cocks 2010, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Dewing 1999, Mitchell 1977, Owen and Harper 1982, Reed 1917, Rõõmusoks 1959 and Spjeldnaes 1957
Sister taxa: Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) aequistriatus, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) akdombakensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) ampla, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) antiqua, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) eha, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) elusa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) forumi, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) intricata, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) monilifera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) multipartita, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) musculosa, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) oepiki, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) papiliuncula, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rectangularis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) rukavishnikovae, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sinensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) soudleyensis, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) tenera, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) trivia, Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) varicostellata
Subtaxa: Sowerbyella (Sowerbyella) sericea permixta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Argentina (1 collection), Canada (21: Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), Ireland (3), Norway (8), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (22), United States (16: Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Virginia)
Total: 72 collections each including a single occurrence
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