Leptaena electra Havlicek 1967 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Alternative combination: Leptagonia electra

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 Havlicek 1967

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 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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Leptaena rugaurita Community, Prague Basin (Silurian of Czech Republic)

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