Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Rafinesquina alternata ponderosa
Belongs to Rafinesquina according to C. W. Wilson 1949
See also Frey 1987
Sister taxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia), Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina), Rafinesquina alternata, Rafinesquina declivis, Rafinesquina delicata, Rafinesquina deltoidea, Rafinesquina gibbosa, Rafinesquina insidiosa, Rafinesquina jeffersonensis, Rafinesquina latisculptilis, Rafinesquina lignani, Rafinesquina mesicosta, Rafinesquina mucronata, Rafinesquina nasuta, Rafinesquina percensis, Rafinesquina planulata, Rafinesquina pseudoloricata, Rafinesquina relicua, Rafinesquina stropheodontoides, Rafinesquina trentonensis, Rafinesquina ultrix, Rafinesquina urbicola
Type specimen: USNM 35400
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (22: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee collections)
Total: 22 collections each including a single occurrence
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