Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Alternative combination: Spirifer arcticus
Full reference: S. Haughton. 1858. Geological notes and illustrations in McClintock's reminiscences of Arctic ice-travel in search of Sir John Franklin and his companions. Royal Society of Dublin Journal 1:239-250
Belongs to Spiriferella according to J. B. Waterhouse and J. Waddington 1982
See also Haughton 1858
Sister taxa: Spiriferella antefurcata, Spiriferella bituchensis, Spiriferella borealica, Spiriferella burgaliensis, Spiriferella calcarata, Spiriferella clypeata, Spiriferella consimilis, Spiriferella embrithes, Spiriferella gloverae, Spiriferella gravis, Spiriferella grunti, Spiriferella hinganensis, Spiriferella hoskingae, Spiriferella interplicata, Spiriferella jilongensis, Spiriferella keilhavii, Spiriferella keilhaviiformis, Spiriferella lata, Spiriferella legrandblaini, Spiriferella levis, Spiriferella loveni, Spiriferella magna, Spiriferella modesta, Spiriferella mugunica, Spiriferella nepalensis, Spiriferella orientensis, Spiriferella ovata, Spiriferella persaranae, Spiriferella personata, Spiriferella posterosulcata, Spiriferella primaeva, Spiriferella propria, Spiriferella pseudodraschei, Spiriferella pseudotibetana, Spiriferella rajah, Spiriferella salteri, Spiriferella saranae, Spiriferella scobina, Spiriferella scobinoidea, Spiriferella scopulosus, Spiriferella simplex, Spiriferella sinica, Spiriferella subsalteri, Spiriferella sulcifer, Spiriferella supplanta, Spiriferella tetralobata, Spiriferella turusica, Spiriferella unicostata, Spiriferella vaskovskii, Spiriferella vojnowskii, Spiriferella wangi, Spiriferella wimanni, Spiriferella yukonensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Bathurst Island, north coast, which is in a Permian marine limestone in Canada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), United States (11: Alaska)
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Alaska)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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