Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Synonyms: Leptaena precursor Foerste 1909, Leptaena richmondensis precursor Foerste 1909
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1909. Preliminary Notes on Cincinnatian Fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 14(4):289-334
Belongs to Leptaena according to J. Jin et al. 1997
See also Foerste 1909 and Foerste 1912
Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena), Leptaena (Ygdrasilomena), Leptaena acuticuspidata, Leptaena aequalis, Leptaena alliku, Leptaena amelia, Leptaena analogaeformis, Leptaena arberae, Leptaena argentina, Leptaena borghiana, Leptaena boyaca, Leptaena contermina, Leptaena convexa, Leptaena cooperi, Leptaena croma, Leptaena crypta, Leptaena cryptoides, Leptaena dejecta, Leptaena delicata, Leptaena electra, Leptaena ennessbe, Leptaena gibbosa, Leptaena holcrofti, Leptaena indigena, Leptaena kentuckiana, Leptaena lappa, Leptaena lappina, Leptaena lemniscata, Leptaena limbifera, Leptaena moniquensis, Leptaena nanaformis, Leptaena nassichuki, Leptaena odeon, Leptaena oklahomensis, Leptaena orhor, Leptaena parvirugata, Leptaena parvissima, Leptaena paucirugata, Leptaena poulseni, Leptaena praequalis, Leptaena provellerosa, Leptaena purpurea, Leptaena quadrata, Leptaena rara, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Leptaena rugaurita, Leptaena rugosa, Leptaena salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena taxilla, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), United States (63: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
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