Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Alternative combinations: Spirifer tibetanus, Spiriferella tibetana
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permocarboniferous fauna of Chitichun No. 1. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-105
Belongs to Elivina according to J. I. Tazawa 2008
See also Diener 1897, Diener 1903, Fantini Sestini 1965, Kalashnikov 1981, Kalashnikov 1998, Keidel 1906, Li et al. 1986, Licharew and Kotlyar 1978, Mansuy 1913, Shen et al. 2003, Waterhouse 1966, Waterhouse 2004 and Zhang and Jin 1976
Sister taxa: Elivina bisnaini, Elivina chapursani, Elivina compacta, Elivina occidentalis, Elivina termieri, Elivina tschernyschewi, Elivina yunnanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chitichun No1 Block (1892 collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (6 collections), India (2), Japan (1), Laos (2), the Russian Federation (3)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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