Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Leptaena trentonensis
Full reference: J. Hall. 1847. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower division of the New York system (equivalent of the Lower Silurian rocks of Europe). Paleontology of New York 1:1-338
Belongs to Rafinesquina according to G. A. Cooper 1956
See also Hall 1847 and Salmon 1942
Sister taxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia), Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina), Rafinesquina alternata, Rafinesquina declivis, Rafinesquina delicata, Rafinesquina deltoidea, Rafinesquina gibbosa, Rafinesquina insidiosa, Rafinesquina jeffersonensis, Rafinesquina latisculptilis, Rafinesquina lignani, Rafinesquina mesicosta, Rafinesquina mucronata, Rafinesquina nasuta, Rafinesquina percensis, Rafinesquina planulata, Rafinesquina ponderosa, Rafinesquina pseudoloricata, Rafinesquina relicua, Rafinesquina stropheodontoides, Rafinesquina ultrix, Rafinesquina urbicola
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (18: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (34: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, New York)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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