Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combinations: Laevicyphomena reedi, Leptaena reedi
Full reference: L. R. M. Cocks. 1968. Some strophomenacean brachiopods from the British Lower Silurian. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), London, Geology 15:283-324
Belongs to Crassitestella according to B. G. Baarli 1995
See also Cocks 1968 and Temple 1987
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: B 73341, a shell (conjoined valves). Its type locality is Locality 7: Woodland Point, 430 meters west of Woodland farm (section only exposed at low-tide), which is in a Rhuddanian marine limestone in the Saugh Hill Grits Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Norway (2 collections), the United Kingdom (19)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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