Strophomena
Appearance
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Strophomena Temporal range:
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Strophomena euglypha from Silurian period | |
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A Strophomena sp. from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
Class: | †Strophomenata |
Order: | †Strophomenida |
Family: | †Strophomenidae |
Genus: | †Strophomena Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824 |
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Strophomena is a genus of brachiopods belonging to the order Strophomenida family Strophomenidae, named by Rafinesque in 1824. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
These brachiopods (often known as lamp shells) lived from the Ordovician period to the Devonian period.
Distribution
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Devonian of Italy, Silurian to Devonian of Algeria, Morocco; Silurian of Australia, Morocco, Russia, Sweden, United States; Ordovician of Australia, Canada, China, France, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, United States; Llandeilo of China; Whiterockian of United States; Dawan of China; Arenig of China.
Species
[edit]- Strophomena amoena
- Strophomena billingsi
- Strophomena concordensis
- Strophomena costellata
- Strophomena dignata
- Strophomena extensa
- Strophomena euglypha
- Strophomena filitexta
- Strophomena fluctuosa
- Strophomena hecuba
- Strophomena hirundo
- Strophomena incurvata
- Strophomena lenta
- Strophomena minuta
- Strophomena nutans
- Strophomena orthonurensis
- Strophomena perconcava
- Strophomena planumbona
- Strophomena plattinensis
- Strophomena rhomboidalis
- Strophomena striatissima
- Strophomena vetusta
See also
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[edit]Categories:
- Strophomenida
- Prehistoric brachiopod genera
- Ordovician genus first appearances
- Silurian genera
- Devonian genus extinctions
- Ordovician brachiopods
- Silurian brachiopods
- Devonian brachiopods
- Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
- Paleozoic life of Ontario
- Paleozoic life of Alberta
- Paleozoic life of British Columbia
- Paleozoic life of Manitoba
- Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
- Paleozoic life of Nunavut
- Paleozoic life of Quebec