Blasispirifer blasii de Verneuil 1845 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combination: Spirifer blasii

Full reference: E. de Verneuil. 1845. Paléontologie. Géologie de la Russie d'Europe et des Montagne de l'Oural, Paléontologie 2(3):1-512

Belongs to Blasispirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

See also Clapham 2015, de Verneuil 1845 and Geinitz 1861

Sister taxa: Blasispirifer multiplicicostatus, Blasispirifer reedi, Blasispirifer vagaensis, Blasispirifer warchensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kirilof, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Russian Federation

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (5 collections), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Alaska)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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