Lepidoleptaena poulseni Kelly 1967 (lamp shell)

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

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