Tenuimena Nikitina et al. 2006 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Aegiromenidae

Full reference: O. I. Nikitina, L. E. Popov, R. B. Neuman, M. G. Bassett, and L. E. Holmer. 2006. Mid Ordovician (Darriwilian) brachiopods of South Kazakhstan. Studies in Palaeozoic palaeontology 25:145-222

Parent taxon: Aegiromeninae according to O. I. Nikitina et al. 2006

Sister taxa: Aegiria, Aegiromena, Chonetoidea, Epelidoaegiria, Gatosella, Jonesea, Mezounia, Multiridgia, Nabiaoia, Sericoidea

Subtaxa: Tenuimena planissima

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Type: Tenuimena planissima

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality F-130a. Kurzhaksai section (Ordovician of Kazakhstan)

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