Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Alternative combinations: Orthis hirnantensis, Rafinesquina hirnantensis, Strophomena hirnantensis
Synonyms: Eostropheodonta siluriana Davidson 1871, Eostropheodonta whittingtoni Bancroft 1949, Strophomena siluriana Davidson 1871
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1851. A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks, with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils. Fasciculus 1, Radiata and Articulata. British Palaeozoic Fossils, Part II. Palaeontology 116-122
Belongs to Eostropheodonta according to L. Hints and D. A. T. Harper 2015
See also Cocks 1982, Cocks 2005, Cocks 2008, Cocks 2014, Donovan and Paul 1985, Lamont 1935, M'Coy 1851, Popov and Cocks 2014 and Rubel 2011
Sister taxa: Eostropheodonta augusta, Eostropheodonta bublitschenki, Eostropheodonta chilcaensis, Eostropheodonta conradii, Eostropheodonta delicata, Eostropheodonta discumbata, Eostropheodonta luna, Eostropheodonta mullochensis, Eostropheodonta multiradiata, Eostropheodonta parvicostellata, Eostropheodonta portfieldensis, Eostropheodonta schmalenseei, Eostropheodonta squamosa, Eostropheodonta tafilaltensis, Eostropheodonta ultrix, Stropheodonta (Eostropheodonta) williamsi, Aphanomena urbicola, Aphanomena schmalenseei, Aphanomena planoconvexa
Subtaxa: Eostropheodonta hirnantensis hirnantensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician to Silurian of Canada (4: Quebec collections)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), Canada (4: Quebec, Québec), China (3), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (4), Latvia (17), Lithuania (1), Myanmar (1), New Zealand (1), Norway (10), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), Sweden (10), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (20)
Total: 83 collections including 85 occurrences
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