Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: O. A. Hoel. 2005. Silurian Leptaeninae (Brachiopoda) from Gotland, Sweden. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 79(2):263-284
Belongs to Leptaena according to O. A. Hoel 2005
Sister taxa: Leptaena (Leptaena), Leptaena (Ygdrasilomena), Leptaena acuticuspidata, Leptaena aequalis, Leptaena alliku, Leptaena amelia, Leptaena analogaeformis, Leptaena arberae, Leptaena argentina, Leptaena borghiana, Leptaena boyaca, Leptaena contermina, Leptaena convexa, Leptaena cooperi, Leptaena croma, Leptaena crypta, Leptaena cryptoides, Leptaena dejecta, Leptaena delicata, Leptaena electra, Leptaena ennessbe, Leptaena gibbosa, Leptaena holcrofti, Leptaena indigena, Leptaena kentuckiana, Leptaena lappa, Leptaena lappina, Leptaena lemniscata, Leptaena limbifera, Leptaena moniquensis, Leptaena nanaformis, Leptaena nassichuki, Leptaena odeon, Leptaena oklahomensis, Leptaena orhor, Leptaena parvissima, Leptaena paucirugata, Leptaena poulseni, Leptaena praequalis, Leptaena provellerosa, Leptaena purpurea, Leptaena quadrata, Leptaena rara, Leptaena rhomboidalis, Leptaena richmondensis, Leptaena rugaurita, Leptaena rugosa, Leptaena salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena acuta, Similoleptaena ingrica, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena undosa, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Orhoria lappa, Orhoria lappina
Type specimen: SMNH Br138049, a valve (dorsal valve). Its type locality is Valleviken 1. 3380 NE of Hellvi Church, which is in a Jaagarahu carbonate marl in the Slite Marl Formation of Sweden.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Sweden (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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