Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Alternative combination: Fenestella spinulosa
Belongs to Spinofenestella according to A. Ernst et al. 2006
See also Simonsen and Cuffey 1980 and Termier and Termier 1971
Sister taxa: Spinofenestella absoluta, Spinofenestella antiensis, Spinofenestella aspratilis, Spinofenestella basleoensis, Spinofenestella geinitzi, Spinofenestella lata, Spinofenestella magna, Spinofenestella microfenestrata, Spinofenestella minuta, Spinofenestella popovi, Spinofenestella solida, Spinofenestella speciosa, Spinofenestella subquadratopora, Spinofenestella surda, Spinofenestella tschernovi, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella sublonga, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella cervoidea, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella vagrantia, Alternifenestella major
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (40: Kansas, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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