†Spiriferinaella medialis Cooper and Grant 1976 (lamp shell)
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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 limata, Spiriferinaella seziemensis, Spiriferinaella tastubensis
Type specimen: USNM 152944a, a shell (Articulated shell)
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at USNM728, Guadalupe Pass, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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