Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Leptaena ordovicica
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1956. Chazyan and related brachiopods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 127:1-1245
Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Cooper 1956, Ross 1970 and Williams 1962
Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena) altera, Leptaena (Leptaena) bergstroemi, Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, Leptaena (Leptaena) diademata, Leptaena (Leptaena) enucleata, Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) infrunita, Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea, Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosoides, Leptaena (Leptaena) salopiensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) semiovalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistrata, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistriata, Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum, Leptaena (Leptaena) valentia, Leptaena (Leptaena) ventricosa
Type specimen: USNM 117669a. Its type locality is 0.6 mile northwest of Linville Station, which is in a Turinian marginal marine sandstone in the Oranda Formation of Virginia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (5: Nevada, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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