Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Strophomena gibbosa
Full reference: U. P. James. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Brachiopoda, from the Lower Silurian formation, Cincinnati Group. The Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 1:333-335
Belongs to Leptaena according to J. K. Pope 1982
See also James 1874
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 fremonti, Leptaena holcrofti, Leptaena indigena, Leptaena ingrica, Leptaena kentuckiana, Leptaena lappa, Leptaena lappina, Leptaena lemniscata, Leptaena limbifera, Leptaena minuta, 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 wesenbergensis, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena spumifera, Orhoria lappina, Orhoria lappa, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena crassorugata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (3: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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