Leptaena lappina Havlicek and Storch 1990 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Alternative combination: Orboria lappina

Full reference: V. Havlicek and P. Storch. 1990. Silurian brachiopods and benthic communities in the Prague Basin (Czechoslovakia). Rozpravy Ustredniho Ustavu Geologickeho Svazek 48:1-275

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

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 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, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena spumifera, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Orhoria lappina, Orhoria lappa

Type specimen: VH 4303

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Prionopeltis archiaci-Atrypoidea modesta Community, Prague Basin (Silurian of Czech Republic)

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