Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea Cocks 1968 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to Cocks 1968

Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena) altera, Leptaena (Leptaena) bergstroemi, Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, Leptaena (Leptaena) diademata, Leptaena (Leptaena) enucleata, Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita, Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica, Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosoides, Leptaena (Leptaena) salopiensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) semiovalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistrata, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistriata, Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum, Leptaena (Leptaena) valentia, Leptaena (Leptaena) ventricosa

Type specimen: Its type locality is Domas, which is in a Telychian marine shale/limestone in the Purple Shale Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (15 collections)

• Silurian of Estonia (13)

Total: 28 collections each including a single occurrence

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