Strophomena Temporal range:
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Strophomena euglypha from Silurian period | |
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 |
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.
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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.