Leptaena convexa Weller 1914 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Full reference: S. Weller. 1914. The Mississippian Brachiopoda of the Mississippian Valley Basin. 1:1-508

Belongs to Leptaena according to S. Weller 1914

Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena), Leptaena (Ygdrasilomena), Leptaena acuticuspidata, Leptaena aequalis, Leptaena alliku, Leptaena amelia, Leptaena analogaeformis, Leptaena arberae, Leptaena argentina, Leptaena borghiana, Leptaena boyaca, Leptaena contermina, Leptaena cooperi, Leptaena croma, Leptaena crypta, Leptaena cryptoides, Leptaena dejecta, Leptaena delicata, Leptaena electra, Leptaena ennessbe, Leptaena fremonti, Leptaena gibbosa, Leptaena holcrofti, Leptaena indigena, Leptaena ingrica, Leptaena kentuckiana, Leptaena lappa, Leptaena lappina, Leptaena lemniscata, Leptaena limbifera, Leptaena minuta, Leptaena moniquensis, Leptaena nanaformis, Leptaena nassichuki, Leptaena odeon, Leptaena oklahomensis, Leptaena orhor, Leptaena parvirugata, Leptaena parvissima, Leptaena paucirugata, Leptaena poulseni, Leptaena praequalis, Leptaena provellerosa, Leptaena purpurea, Leptaena quadrata, Leptaena rara, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Leptaena richmondensis, Leptaena rugaurita, Leptaena rugosa, Leptaena salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena wesenbergensis, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena spumifera

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kinser Pike, unit 4, Ramp Creek Fm, IN (Carboniferous of Indiana)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.