Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae

Alternative combination: Leptaena infrunita

Full reference: A. Williams. 1962. The Barr and lower Ardmillan series (Caradoc) of the Girvan District, south-west Ayrshire, with descriptions of the Brachiopoda. Memoir - Geological Society of London 3:1-267

Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014

See also Williams 1962

Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena) altera, Leptaena (Leptaena) bergstroemi, Leptaena (Leptaena) depressa, Leptaena (Leptaena) diademata, Leptaena (Leptaena) enucleata, Leptaena (Leptaena) haverfordensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) ordovicica, 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: BB.26084, a valve (Internal and external mould of brachial valve)

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Power-house near limekiln, main quarries south, 180 yards west of Craighead Farm (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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