Strophomena amoena Wang 1949 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophomenidae

Full reference: Y. Wang. 1949. Maquoketa Brachiopoda of Iowa. Geological Society of America Memoir 42:1-55

Belongs to Strophomena according to Y. Wang 1949

Sister taxa: Streptorhynchus (Strophomena), Strophomena (Actinomena), Strophomena (Eostrophomena), Strophomena (Keilamena), Strophomena (Pentlandina), Strophomena (Strophomena), Strophomena aesopea, Strophomena arcuata, Strophomena auburnensis, Strophomena billingsi, Strophomena cancellata, Strophomena compressa, Strophomena concordensis, Strophomena depressa, Strophomena dignata, Strophomena extensa, Strophomena filitexta, Strophomena folium, Strophomena fontinalis, Strophomena girvanensis, Strophomena grandes, Strophomena hollii, Strophomena huronensis, Strophomena incurvata, Strophomena inspeciosa, Strophomena keilhaui, Strophomena lata, Strophomena lethea, Strophomena magna, Strophomena mangazeica, Strophomena maysvillensis, Strophomena minuta, Strophomena nutans, Strophomena occidentalis, Strophomena parvula, Strophomena parvula, Strophomena pectenoides, Strophomena pectinoides, Strophomena planoconvexa, Strophomena planumbona, Strophomena plattinensis, Strophomena rhomboidalis, Strophomena rukavishnikovae, Strophomena satterfieldi, Strophomena scofieldi, Strophomena sculpturata, Strophomena septata, Strophomena sinuata, Strophomena trilobata, Strophomena varsensis, Strophomena vetusta

Type specimen: SUI 1855, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Nelson River Exposure (Ordovician of Manitoba)

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