†Tenuimena planissima Nikitina et al. 2006 (lamp shell)
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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
Belongs to Tenuimena according to O. I. Nikitina et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 485105a, a valve (dorsal valve). Its type locality is Locality F-130a. Kurzhaksai section, which is in an Abereiddian marine sandstone in the Uzunbulak Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality F-130a. Kurzhaksai section
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