Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Leptaena strandi
Full reference: N. Spjeldnaes. 1957. The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway. 8. Brachiopods of the Suborder Strophomenida. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 37(1):1-214
Belongs to Leptaena (Leptaena) according to Y. Candela and D. A. T. Harper 2014
See also Harper and Owen 1984, Spjeldnaes 1957 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) ordovicica, Leptaena (Leptaena) purpurea, Leptaena (Leptaena) rhomboidalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) rugosoides, Leptaena (Leptaena) salopiensis, Leptaena (Leptaena) semiovalis, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistrata, Leptaena (Leptaena) tenuistriata, Leptaena (Leptaena) trifidum, Leptaena (Leptaena) valentia, Leptaena (Leptaena) ventricosa
Type specimen: PMO 67019, a valve (east of a ventral interior)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Norway (10 collections), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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