''Strophomena'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 Brachiopods (), phylum Brachiopoda, are a phylum of trochozoan animals that have hard "valves" (shells) on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, ...

) lived from the Ordovician period to the

Devonian The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya. It is named after Devon, England, whe ...

period.

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''

References

Organism names

Paleobiology Database
* Sepkoski, Jac
Sepkoski's Online Genus Database

Encyclopædia Britannica

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3252611 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

Distribution

Species

See also

References