Callispirina rotunda Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159

Belongs to Callispirina according to M. Viaretti et al. 2022

See also Cooper and Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Callispirina austrina, Callispirina frontisquamosa, Callispirina manangensis, Callispirina multipunctata, Callispirina ornata, Callispirina rotundella, Callispirina transversa, Spiriferina (Mansuyella) holzapfeli

Type specimen: USNM 153495a, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Oman (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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