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 greenharbourensis, Alternifenestella sayensis, Alternifenestella megacapillaris, Alternifenestella cyclotriangulata, Alternifenestella (Cervella), Alternifenestella major, Alternifenestella argumentosa, Alternifenestella kungurensis, Alternifenestella invisitata, Alternifenestella tribifurcata, Alternifenestella minor, Alternifenestella horologia, Alternifenestella picchuensis, Alternifenestella bifida, Alternifenestella indubia, Alternifenestella vagrantia, Alternifenestella minuscula, Alternifenestella crassiseptata, Alternifenestella pajerensis, Alternifenestella tuberculifera, Alternifenestella tenuiseptata, Alternifenestella nalivkini, Alternifenestella rarispinata, Alternifenestella sublonga, Alternifenestella absoluta, Alternifenestella ampla, Alternifenestella spitzbergensis, Alternifenestella esaulovae, Alternifenestella spinifera, Alternifenestella cervoidea
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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