Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper. 1957. Permian brachiopods from central Oregon. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Contributions 134(12):1-79
Belongs to Spiriferellina according to G. A. Cooper 1957
Sister taxa: Spiriferellina aduncata, Spiriferellina aequiplicata, Spiriferellina altiplecusformis, Spiriferellina anguliplica, Spiriferellina baywullensis, Spiriferellina bilotensis, Spiriferellina cambodgiensis, Spiriferellina cristata, Spiriferellina discoformis, Spiriferellina disparata, Spiriferellina elegantula, Spiriferellina enteleteformis, Spiriferellina excelens, Spiriferellina hilli, Spiriferellina hochuanensis, Spiriferellina lacunosa, Spiriferellina lata, Spiriferellina nanbuensis, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina nasuta, Spiriferellina neerkolensis, Spiriferellina netschajewi, Spiriferellina nuda, Spiriferellina orientalis, Spiriferellina paucicostata, Spiriferellina pokrowskensis, Spiriferellina quadriplicata, Spiriferellina quantula, Spiriferellina rouxi, Spiriferellina tareica, Spiriferellina tricosa, Spiriferellina triquetra, Spiriferellina vescula, Spiriferellina yanagidai, Spiriferellina yunnanensis, Spiriferellina zewanensis
Type specimen: USNM 125464. Its type locality is S87, Mills Sheep Camp, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creeks, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone/sandstone in the Coyote Butte Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at S87, Mills Sheep Camp, Grindstone-Twelvemile Creeks
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