Reticulariina spinosa Norwood and Pratten 1855 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae

Alternative combinations: Spirifer spinosus, Spiriferina spinosa

Belongs to Reticulariina according to J. Chronic 1953

See also Newell et al. 1953 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Reticulariina atava, Reticulariina bufala, Reticulariina cerina, Reticulariina constricta, Reticulariina craticula, Reticulariina dieneri, Reticulariina echinata, Reticulariina fruticosa, Reticulariina girtyi, Reticulariina hueconiana, Reticulariina impressa, Reticulariina laxa, Reticulariina montana, Reticulariina netchaewi, Reticulariina newelli, Reticulariina phoxa, Reticulariina powwowensis, Reticulariina pristina, Reticulariina pusilla, Reticulariina roscida, Reticulariina senticosa, Reticulariina sonorensis, Reticulariina strigosa, Reticulariina subulata, Reticulariina tetrica, Reticulariina venustula, Reticulariina welleri, Spiriferina (Reticulariina) transindica

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Peru (1 collection)

• Chesterian of United States (2: Virginia)

• Carboniferous of Peru (1), United States (32: Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico)

• Mississippian of United States (2: Arizona, Montana)

Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence

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