Reticulariina welleri Girty 1908 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

Alternative combination: Spiriferina welleri

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Reticulariina according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Reticulariina atava, Reticulariina bufala, Reticulariina cerina, Reticulariina constricta, Reticulariina craticula, Reticulariina dieneri, Reticulariina echinata, Reticulariina fruticosa, Reticulariina girtyi, Reticulariina hueconiana, Reticulariina impressa, Reticulariina laxa, Reticulariina montana, Reticulariina netchaewi, Reticulariina newelli, Reticulariina phoxa, Reticulariina powwowensis, Reticulariina pristina, Reticulariina pusilla, Reticulariina roscida, Reticulariina senticosa, Reticulariina sonorensis, Reticulariina spinosa, Reticulariina strigosa, Reticulariina subulata, Reticulariina tetrica, Reticulariina venustula, Spiriferina (Reticulariina) transindica

Type specimen: USNM 118607a

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (16: Texas collections)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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