Spiriferinaella limata Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods from West Texas, IV. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 21:1923-2607

Belongs to Spiriferinaella according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

Sister taxa: Spiriferinaella artiensis, Spiriferinaella lengwuensis, Spiriferinaella medialis, Spiriferinaella seziemensis, Spiriferinaella tastubensis

Type specimen: USNM 152943e, a valve (Dorsal valve). Its type locality is USNM706c, Hess Canyon, Glass Mountains, which is in a Roadian marine limestone in the Word Formation of Texas.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (3: Texas collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.