Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Full reference: C. W. Merriam. 1973. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Rabbit Hill Limestone and Lone Mountain Dolomite of central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 808:1-50
Belongs to Leptaena according to C. W. Merriam 1973
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 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 salopiensis, Leptaena semiradiata, Leptaena sperion, Leptaena tenuissimestriata, Leptaena valida, Leptaena veldrensis, Leptaena vellerosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena ventricosa, Leptaena wesenbergensis, Leptaena zeta, Leptaena ziegleri, Leptaenopoma trifidium, Orhoria lappina, Orhoria lappa, Similoleptaena planitia, Similoleptaena crassorugata, Similoleptaena pertenuis, Similoleptaena tarwanpensis, Similoleptaena undosa, Similoleptaena friedrichi, Kurnamena rugosoides, Kurnamena spumifera, Kurnamena palmrei, Kurnamena taxilla, Kurnamena laterorugata, Kurnamena acuta
Type specimen: USNM 159544, a shell. Its type locality is USGS M409, Rabbit Hill, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (12: Nevada collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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