Leptellina transversa Cooper 1956 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245

Belongs to Leptellina according to G. A. Cooper 1956

Sister taxa: Leptellina (Leptellina), Leptellina (Merciella), Leptellina llandeiloensis, Leptellina mareki, Leptellina seletensis, Leptellina spatiosa, Leptellina subquadrata, Leptellina tennesseensis

Type specimen: USNM 117457a. Its type locality is Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville, which is in a Darriwilian carbonate limestone in the Arline Formation of Virginia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Porterfield Quarry, 5 miles northeast of Saltville

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