Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Parent taxon: Rafinesquininae according to L. R. Cocks 2010
See also Howe 1988, Oraspold 1956, Raymond 1911, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Colaptomena, Dirafinesquina, Hedstroemina, Heteromena, Hibernodonta, Odoratus, Pentagomena, Pirgumena, Rakverina, Shuangheella, Testaprica, Virunites
Subtaxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia) Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina) Rafinesquina alternata Rafinesquina declivis Rafinesquina delicata Rafinesquina deltoidea Rafinesquina gibbosa Rafinesquina insidiosa Rafinesquina jeffersonensis Rafinesquina latisculptilis Rafinesquina lignani Rafinesquina mesicosta Rafinesquina mucronata Rafinesquina nasuta Rafinesquina percensis Rafinesquina planulata Rafinesquina ponderosa Rafinesquina pseudoloricata Rafinesquina relicua Rafinesquina stropheodontoides Rafinesquina trentonensis Rafinesquina ultrix Rafinesquina urbicola
Type: Leptaena alternata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Argentina (2 collections), the Russian Federation (5), United States (11: Maryland, New York, West Virginia)
• Dobrotivian of France (1), Spain (1)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Chazyan of Canada (3: Quebec), United States (23: New York)
• Arenig of China (2)
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (1: Québec)
• Ordovician of Bolivia (1), Canada (108: British Columbia, Manitoba, Newfoundland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Nunvait, Ontario, Quebec), China (17), the Czech Republic (8), Estonia (4), France (2), Lithuania (4), North Korea (1), Norway (5), Portugal (1), the Russian Federation (4), South Korea (1), Spain (12), the United Kingdom (36), United States (1120: California, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania and Virginia, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin), Venezuela (1)
• Tremadoc of China (2)
Total: 1377 collections including 1511 occurrences
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