Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combinations: Leptaena deltoidea, Strophomena deltoidea
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1838. Report on the palaeontological department of the survey. New York Geological Survey, Annual Report 2:107-119
Belongs to Rafinesquina according to E. S. Salmon 1942
See also Conrad 1838, Emmons 1855 and Hall 1847
Sister taxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia), Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina), Rafinesquina alternata, Rafinesquina declivis, Rafinesquina delicata, 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 trentonensis, Rafinesquina ultrix, Rafinesquina urbicola
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (8: Northwest Territories, Ontario collections), United States (44: Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, Virginia)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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