Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Alternative combination: Strophomena declivis
Full reference: U. P. James. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Brachiopoda, from the Lower Silurian formation, Cincinnati Group. The Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 1:333-335
Belongs to Rafinesquina according to E. S. Salmon 1942
See also James 1874
Sister taxa: Rafinesquina (Playfairia), Rafinesquina (Rafinesquina), Rafinesquina alternata, 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 ponderosa, Rafinesquina pseudoloricata, Rafinesquina relicua, Rafinesquina stropheodontoides, Rafinesquina trentonensis, Rafinesquina ultrix, Rafinesquina urbicola
Subtaxa: Rafinesquina declivis subnutans
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (4: Nunavut, Nunvait, Ontario collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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