Spitispirifer bisulcatus Waterhouse and Gupta 1986 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and V. J. Gupta. 1986. A significant new Permian athyrid brachiopod from the uppermost Gungri Formation (Kuling or Productus Shale) at Spiti, and its implications for classification and correlation DATA NOT ENTERED: SEE M. Clapham FOR DETAILS. Bulletin of the Indian Geologists' Association 19(1):45-56

Belongs to Spitispirifer according to J. B. Waterhouse and V. J. Gupta 1986

Sister taxa: Comelicania haueri, Comelicania megalotis, Comelicania merlai

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spitispirifer bisulcatus in the database

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