Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Alternative combination: Spirifer inflatus
Belongs to Crurithyris according to D Brice 2003
Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris planoconvexa, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (2: Texas collections)
• Devonian of Afghanistan (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (2), Germany (3)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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