Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Dactylogonia dejecta
Full reference: B. G. Baarli. 1995. Orthacean and strophomenid brachiopods from the Lower Silurian of the central Oslo Region. Fossils and Strata (39)1-93
Belongs to Leptaena according to P. Musteikis and L. R. M. Cocks 2004
See also Baarli 1995
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 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 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: PMO 105.231, a valve (The inner mould of brachial valve). Its type locality is Skytterveien, 11 meters above base of Leangen Member, which is in an Aeronian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Solvik Formation of Norway.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Skytterveien, 11 meters above base of Leangen Member
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