Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Belongs to Leptaena according to L. R. M. Cocks 1968
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 richmondensis, Leptaena rugaurita, Leptaena rugosa, Leptaena salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena acuta, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena undosa, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina
Type specimen: SMA 35690, a valve (pedicle valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (10: Quebec collections)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.