Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Alternative combinations: Aequifenestella tenax, Fenestella tenax
Synonyms: Fenestella nerutschensis Schulga-Nesterenko 1951, Fenestella schwetzovi Schulga-Nesterenko 1951
Belongs to Rectifenestella according to J. F. Pachut and R. J. Cuffey 1999
See also Morozova 1981, Simonsen and Cuffey 1980 and Termier and Termier 1971
Sister taxa: Aequifenestella, Rectifenestella accurata, Rectifenestella araxensis, Rectifenestella banksi, Rectifenestella bowenensis, Rectifenestella compacta, Rectifenestella cordiretiformis, Rectifenestella counselensis, Rectifenestella crassinodata, Rectifenestella donensis, Rectifenestella expansa, Rectifenestella gijigensis, Rectifenestella gilianshanensis, Rectifenestella granulifera, Rectifenestella logica, Rectifenestella lunaris, Rectifenestella medvedkensis, Rectifenestella microporata, Rectifenestella microretiformis, Rectifenestella nikiforovae, Rectifenestella originaria, Rectifenestella ornata, Rectifenestella ornatiformis, Rectifenestella permulta, Rectifenestella praeordinata, Rectifenestella pseudoretiformis, Rectifenestella retiformis, Rectifenestella robusta, Rectifenestella smithae, Rectifenestella sparsa, Rectifenestella submicroporata, Rectifenestella subornata, Rectifenestella superretiformis, Rectifenestella tamarensis, Rectifenestella totshanensis, Rectifenestella zavodovskyi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), United States (49: Kansas)
• Carboniferous of United States (14: Arizona, Indiana, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma, Utah)
Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence
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