Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Furcitellidae
Alternative combinations: Cyphomena homostriata, Leptaena homostriata
Full reference: C. Butts. 1941. Geology of the Appalachian Valley in Virginia. Part II ' Fossil plates and explanations. Virginia Geological Survey Bulletin 52:1-271
Belongs to Dactylogonia according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Butts 1941, Cooper 1956 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Dactylogonia alternata, Dactylogonia blyskavensis, Dactylogonia costellata, Dactylogonia extensa, Dactylogonia geniculata, Dactylogonia incrassata, Dactylogonia multicorrugata, Dactylogonia obsoleta, Dactylogonia palustris, Dactylogonia semiglobosina, Dactylogonia vespertina, Cyphomena (Cyphomenoidea), Cyphomena grandis
Subtaxa: Cyphomena homostriata indicissa Dactylogonia homostriata indiscissa
Type specimen: USNM 97545, a shell
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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