Levenea navicula Johnson 1970 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Full reference: J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131)1-421

Belongs to Levenea according to J. G. Johnson 1970

Sister taxa: Levenea canaliculata, Levenea fagerholmi, Levenea lenticularis, Levenea llandoveriana, Levenea media, Levenea mera, Levenea qianbeiensis, Levenea rica, Levenea subcarinata

Type specimen: USNM 156772. Its type locality is USNM 10714, 10715. Flanks of Willow Creek, which is in a Deer Parkian carbonate limestone in the McColley Canyon Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (12: Nevada collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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