Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Alternative combination: Spiriferina hilli
Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1908. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651
Belongs to Spiriferellina according to P.R. Hoover 1981
See also Cooper and Grant 1976 and McKee 1938
Sister taxa: Spiriferellina aduncata, Spiriferellina aequiplicata, Spiriferellina altiplecusformis, Spiriferellina anguliplica, Spiriferellina baywullensis, Spiriferellina bilotensis, Spiriferellina cambodgiensis, Spiriferellina cristata, Spiriferellina discoformis, Spiriferellina disparata, Spiriferellina elegantula, Spiriferellina enteleteformis, Spiriferellina excelens, Spiriferellina hochuanensis, Spiriferellina lacunosa, Spiriferellina lata, Spiriferellina nanbuensis, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina neerkolensis, Spiriferellina netschajewi, Spiriferellina nuda, Spiriferellina orientalis, Spiriferellina paucicostata, Spiriferellina pauciplicata, Spiriferellina pokrowskensis, Spiriferellina quadriplicata, Spiriferellina quantula, Spiriferellina rouxi, Spiriferellina tareica, Spiriferellina tricosa, Spiriferellina triquetra, Spiriferellina vercherei, Spiriferellina vescula, Spiriferellina yanagidai, Spiriferellina yunnanensis, Spiriferellina zewanensis
Type specimen: USNM 118605. Its type locality is USGS 3763 green, Comanche Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Mexico (1 collection), United States (32: Arizona, Texas), Venezuela (1)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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