Leonispirifer Schemm-Gregory 2010 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Filispiriferidae

Full reference: M. Schemm-Gregory. 2010. Leonispirifer leonensis gen. et sp. nov., a rare delthyridoid spiriferid brachiopod from northern Spain (Brachiopoda, Lower Devonian). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 84:345-364

Parent taxon: Filispiriferidae according to M. Schemm-Gregory 2010

Sister taxon: Filispirifer

Subtaxa: Leonispirifer leonensis

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Type: Leonispirifer leonensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at La Vid (Devonian of Spain)

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