Spirigerella alata Waagen 1883 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

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 G. Xu and R. E. Grant 1994

See also Waagen 1883

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kafirkot, limit of Middle and Upper Productus-limestone, Khisor Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in Pakistan

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Pakistan (12 collections)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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