Spirigerella fusiformis Waagen 1883 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combination: Athyrella fusiformis

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546

Belongs to Spirigerella according to D. Yang et al. 1977

See also Renz 1912 and Waagen 1883

Sister taxa: Spirigerella alata, Spirigerella alataeformis, Spirigerella bellistriata, Spirigerella derbyi, Spirigerella discors, Spirigerella gigas, Spirigerella grandis, Spirigerella heibayideensis, Spirigerella media, Spirigerella mendungensis, Spirigerella minuta, Spirigerella numismalis, Spirigerella obovata, Spirigerella ovoidalis, Spirigerella paraliensis, Spirigerella pertumida, Spirigerella praelonga, Spirigerella proxima, Spirigerella rectimarginata, Spirigerella subtriangularis, Spirigerella subtriquetra, Spirigerella teseroi, Athyrella hybrida

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (1 collection), Pakistan (8)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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