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Rafinesquina Temporal range:
Strophomena euglypha from Silurian period
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Subphylum:	Rhynchonelliformea
Class:	Strophomenata
Order:	Strophomenida
Superfamily:	Strophomenoidea
Family:	Rafinesquinidae
Genus:	Rafinesquina Hall and Clarke 1892

The coral Protaraea richmondensis on the brachiopod Rafinesquina ponderosa; Whitewater Formation, Indiana, Upper Ordovician

Strophomena is a genus of brachiopods belonging to the order Strophomenida family Strophomenidae. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.

These brachiopods (often known as lamp shells) lived from the Ordovician period in the Lower Llanvim age to the Silurian period in the Lower Llandovery age.

Distribution

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

• 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

List of brachiopod genera

References

• Organism names
• Paleobiology Database
• Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
• Encyclopedia Britannica
• Strophomena

Category:Brachiopods