Leptaena amelia Havlicek 1967 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Alternative combinations: Leptagonia amelia, Orhoria amelia

Full reference: V. Havlicek. 1967. Brachiopoda of the Suborder Strophomenidina in Czechoslovakia. Rozpravy Ustredniho ustavu geologickeho 33:1-255

Belongs to Leptaena according to V. Havlicek and P. Storch 1999

See also Biernat 1981, Havlicek 1967 and Havlicek and Storch 1990

Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena), Leptaena (Ygdrasilomena), Leptaena acuticuspidata, Leptaena aequalis, Leptaena alliku, 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 richmondensis, 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, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena laterorugata, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena crassorugata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (6 collections), Poland (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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