Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159
Belongs to Paraspiriferina according to S. Z. Shen and M. E. Clapham 2009
See also Cooper and Grant 1976
Sister taxa: Paraspiriferina amoena, Paraspiriferina billingsi, Paraspiriferina convexa, Paraspiriferina evax, Paraspiriferina formulosa, Paraspiriferina gentilis, Paraspiriferina ghundiensis, Paraspiriferina laqueata, Paraspiriferina multiplicata, Paraspiriferina paginata, Paraspiriferina pulchra, Paraspiriferina punjabensis, Paraspiriferina rotundata, Paraspiriferina sapinea, Paraspiriferina setulosa, Paraspiriferina transversa
Type specimen: USNM 153109d, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Greece (1 collection), United States (10: Texas)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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