Leptaena parvissima Ivanovskii and Kulkov 1974 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Belongs to Leptaena according to Ivanovskii and Kulkov 1974

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

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Alispira-Stegerhynchus Community, Dzhinsetu-Ula region (Silurian of Mongolia)

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