Levenea llandoveriana Williams 1951 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae

Alternative combinations: Mendacella mullockiensis llandoveriana, Resserella llandoveriana

Synonyms: Isorthis (Protocortezorthis) prima Walmsley and Boucot 1975, Isorthis huadongensis Zeng and Hu 1997, Isorthis prima Walmsley and Boucot 1975, Levenea huadongensis Zeng and Hu 1997, Levenea prima Walmsley and Boucot 1975

Belongs to Levenea according to J. Rong et al. 2013

See also Baarli 1987, Baarli 1988, Modzalevskaya and Popov 1995, Temple 1987, Walmsley and Boucot 1975 and Williams 1951

Sister taxa: Levenea canaliculata, Levenea fagerholmi, Levenea lenticularis, Levenea media, Levenea mera, Levenea navicula, Levenea qianbeiensis, Levenea rica, Levenea subcarinata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of China (7 collections), Kazakhstan (7), Norway (50), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1), the Russian Federation (1)

• Ordovician of Turkey (1)

Total: 71 collections including 73 occurrences

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