Strophomena

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title: "Strophomena" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["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"] description: "Genus of brachiopods" topic_path: "geography/united-kingdom" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strophomena" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of brachiopods ::

| fossil_range = | image = Brachiopoda - Strophomena euglypha.JPG | image_caption = Strophomena euglypha from Silurian period | image2 = A Strophomenid brachiopod from Wisconsin.jpg | image2_caption = A Strophomena sp. from Mount Horeb, Wisconsin | taxon = Strophomena | authority = Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/Strophomena_costellata_brachial.jpg" caption="''Strophomena costellata'' from [[Bromide Formation]], Oklahoma, USA"] ::

Strophomena is a genus of brachiopods belonging to the family Strophomenidae in the order Strophomenida, 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

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, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Strophomena

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