Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: A. Williams. 1963. The Caradocian brachiopod faunas of the Bala District, Merionethshire. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 8(7):327-471
Belongs to Leptaena according to J. M. Hurst 1979
See also Cocks 2010 and Williams 1963
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 fremonti, Leptaena gibbosa, Leptaena holcrofti, Leptaena indigena, Leptaena ingrica, Leptaena kentuckiana, Leptaena lappa, Leptaena lappina, Leptaena lemniscata, Leptaena limbifera, Leptaena minuta, Leptaena moniquensis, Leptaena nanaformis, Leptaena nassichuki, Leptaena odeon, Leptaena oklahomensis, Leptaena orhor, Leptaena parvirugata, 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 semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena wesenbergensis, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena acuta, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Orhoria lappina, Orhoria lappa, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Similoleptaena crassorugata
Type specimen: BB 29144, a valve (external and internal mould of a ventral valve)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Leptaena salopiensis in the database
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