Spirigerella minuta Waagen 1883 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Alternative combination: Athyrella minuta

Full reference: W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546

Belongs to Spirigerella according to T. A. Grunt 1986

See also Grunt 1980, Reed 1944, Renz 1912 and Waagen 1883

Sister taxa: Spirigerella alata, Spirigerella alataeformis, Spirigerella bellistriata, Spirigerella derbyi, Spirigerella discors, Spirigerella fusiformis, Spirigerella gigas, Spirigerella grandis, Spirigerella heibayideensis, Spirigerella media, Spirigerella mendungensis, Spirigerella numismalis, Spirigerella obovata, Spirigerella ovoidalis, Spirigerella paraliensis, Spirigerella pertumida, Spirigerella praelonga, Spirigerella proxima, Spirigerella rectimarginata, Spirigerella subtriangularis, Spirigerella subtriquetra, Spirigerella teseroi, Athyrella hybrida

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (44 collections)

Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence

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