Spiriferina elegantissima Gemmellaro 1899 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1899. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Brachiopoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche Palermo 21:95-202

Belongs to Spiriferina according to G. G. Gemmellaro 1899

Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mansuyella), Spiriferina (Mentzelia), Spiriferina abichi, Spiriferina acutissima, Spiriferina alia, Spiriferina arakiwa, Spiriferina betacalcis, Spiriferina bihatiensis, Spiriferina bittneri, Spiriferina borealis, Spiriferina carolinae, Spiriferina cassiana, Spiriferina coreyi, Spiriferina diomedea, Spiriferina expansa, Spiriferina fortis, Spiriferina gypaetus, Spiriferina homfrayi, Spiriferina kiparisovae, Spiriferina klipsteini, Spiriferina laminosa, Spiriferina loczyi, Spiriferina megarhyncha, Spiriferina moeschi, Spiriferina moscai, Spiriferina munsterii, Spiriferina nicklesi, Spiriferina octoplicata, Spiriferina osmana, Spiriferina otamitensis, Spiriferina panderi, Spiriferina papillosa, Spiriferina rostrata, Spiriferina roundyi, Spiriferina rupicola, Spiriferina salomonensis, Spiriferina slovenica, Spiriferina solitaria, Spiriferina sophiaealbae, Spiriferina subfragilis, Spiriferina subgriesbachi, Spiriferina sublilangensis, Spiriferina subtrigonalis, Spiriferina terebratuloides, Spiriferina terzadica, Spiriferina timorensis, Spiriferina tornata, Spiriferina toulai, Spiriferina triplicata, Spiriferina turcica, Spiriferina walcotti, Spiriferina yukonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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