Sampo Opik 1933 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptestiidae

Parent taxon: Leptestiidae according to J. Paškevičius and L. Hints 2016

See also Mitchell 1977, Opik 1933, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Bekella, Bilobia, Isophragmatinae, Isopiiragmatinae, Leangella, Leptestia, Leptestiina, Rurambonites, Sortanella

Subtaxa: Sampo (Sampo) Sampo hiiuensis Sampo ruralis Sampo suduvensis Sampo transversa

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Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Belarus (1 collection), Belgium (9), Estonia (16), Latvia (6), Lithuania (27), Norway (10), the United Kingdom (24)

Total: 93 collections including 95 occurrences

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