Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Full reference: C. Diener. 1897. The Permocarboniferous fauna of Chitichun No. 1. Palaeontologia Indica, Series 15 1(3):1-105
Belongs to Spirigerella according to T. A. Grunt 1980
See also Diener 1897 and Reed 1944
Sister taxa: Spirigerella alata, Spirigerella bellistriata, Spirigerella derbyi, Spirigerella discors, Spirigerella fusiformis, Spirigerella gigas, Spirigerella grandis, Spirigerella heibayideensis, Spirigerella hybrida, Spirigerella media, Spirigerella mendungensis, Spirigerella minuta, Spirigerella numismalis, Spirigerella obovata, Spirigerella ovoidalis, Spirigerella paraliensis, Spirigerella praelonga, Spirigerella proxima, Spirigerella rectimarginata, Spirigerella subtriangularis, Spirigerella subtriquetra, Spirigerella teseroi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Chitichun No1 Block (1892 collection), which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in China.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), Pakistan (5), Slovenia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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