Alaskospira fabiformis Jin et al. 1993 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae

Full reference: J. Jin, W. G. E. Caldwell, and B. S. Norford. 1993. Early Silurian brachiopods and biostratigraphy of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec. Bulletin Geological Survey of Canada 457:1-221

Belongs to Alaskospira according to J. Jin et al. 1993

Sister taxon: Alaskospira dunbari

Type specimen: Its type locality is GSC C-4463, Ekwan River, which is in a Telychian shallow subtidal limestone in the Attawapiskat Formation of Canada

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Canada (2: Ontario collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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