†Spinulothele Rowell 1977 (lamp shell)
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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
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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