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