Leptaena (Leptaena) strandi Spjeldnaes 1957 (lamp shell)

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

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