Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Alternative combinations: Spirifer stracheyi, Spiriferina stracheyi
Full reference: J. W. Salter. 1865. 1. Palaeozoic. Palaeontology of Niti in the Northern Himalya: Being Descriptions and Figures of the Palaeozoic and Secondary Fossils Collected by Colonel Richard Strachey, R E 1-112
Belongs to Tulungospirifer according to Y. G. Jin et al. 1976
See also Diener 1907, Salter 1865 and Siblik 1975
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Niti Pass (Anisian), which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in India
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections), India (8), Nepal (4), the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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