Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptellinidae
Alternative combination: Leptellina occidentalis
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1938. Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper 13(8):1-323
Belongs to Leptellina (Leptellina) according to C. M. O. Rasmussen et al. 2012
See also Ross 1970 and Ulrich and Cooper 1938
Sister taxa: Leptellina (Leptellina) llandeiloensis, Leptellina (Leptellina) minor, Leptellina (Leptellina) rhacta, Leptellina (Leptellina) semilunata
Type specimen: USNM 92869a. Its type locality is Ikes Canyon, Toquima Range, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (8: Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 9 collections including 10 occurrences
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