†Lepidoleptaena poulseni Kelly 1967 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: F. B. Kelly. 1967. Silurian leptaenids (Brachiopoda). Palaeontology 10(4):590-602
Belongs to Lepidoleptaena according to O. A. Hoel 2005
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Kelly 1967
Sister taxon: Lepidoleptaena lepidula
Type specimen: BU 889, a valve (dorsal valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Belarus (1 collection), Canada (2: Northwest Territories), Estonia (4), Sweden (5), Ukraine (2)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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