Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1936. New Genera and Species of Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 10(7):616-631
Belongs to Leptellina according to C. M. O. Rasmussen et al. 2012
See also Cooper 1956, Ulrich and Cooper 1936 and Ulrich and Cooper 1938
Sister taxa: Leptellina (Leptellina), Leptellina (Merciella), Leptellina llandeiloensis, Leptellina seletensis, Leptellina spatiosa, Leptellina subquadrata, Leptellina transversa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (4: Alabama, Tennessee collections)
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Tennessee, Virginia)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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