Spinulothele Rowell 1977 (lamp shell)

Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae

Full reference: A. J. Rowell. 1977. Early Cambrian Brachiopods from the Southwestern Great Basin of California and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 51(1):68-85

Parent taxon: Acrothelinae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Bengtson 1992, Rowell 1977 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrothele, Orbithele, Schizopholis

Subtaxa: Spinulothele dubia

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Type: Siphonotreta dubia

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USNM Locality 1v, Barrel Spring Section (Cambrian of Nevada)

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