Orthospirifer missouriensis Pitrat 1975 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spinocyrtiidae

Full reference: C. W. Pitrat. 1975. Orthospirifer new genus of Devonian spinocyrtiid brachiopods. Journal of Paleontology 49(2):387-394

Belongs to Orthospirifer according to C. W. Pitrat 1975

Sister taxon: Orthospirifer mesastrialis

Type specimen: USNM 208024, a shell

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Orthospirifer missouriensis in the database

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