Spirifer acutiplicatus Hayasaka 1933 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Full reference: I. Hayasaka. 1933. On the Carboniferous brachiopod fauna from the Nabeyama region, Totigi Prefecture, Japan. Memoirs of the Faculty of Science and Agriculture, Taihoku Imperial University, Geology 6(2):9-44

Belongs to Spirifer according to I. Hayasaka 1933

Sister taxa: Spirifer (Lamellispirifer), Spirifer albertensis, Spirifer argentarius, Spirifer baschkirica, Spirifer battu, Spirifer battus, Spirifer bistritzae, Spirifer brandis, Spirifer brazerianus, Spirifer byrangi, Spirifer cascadensis, Spirifer centronatus, Spirifer chappelensis, Spirifer concentricus, Spirifer crebristria, Spirifer dichotomus, Spirifer distefanii, Spirifer duodecimcostata, Spirifer dvinaensis, Spirifer enderlei, Spirifer engelgardthi, Spirifer fayettevillensis, Spirifer gregeri, Spirifer haydenianus, Spirifer holodnensis, Spirifer incertus, Spirifer increbescens, Spirifer jilinensis, Spirifer liangchowensis, Spirifer lirellus, Spirifer macrus, Spirifer malistanensis, Spirifer mercurii, Spirifer missouriensis, Spirifer munsteri, Spirifer obtusus, Spirifer opimus, Spirifer orthiformis, Spirifer pellaensis, Spirifer pentagonoides, Spirifer pentlandi, Spirifer piassinaensis, Spirifer postventricosus, Spirifer pseudotasmaniensis, Spirifer rakuszi, Spirifer rariplectus, Spirifer rockymontanus, Spirifer schellwieni, Spirifer siculus, Spirifer sol, Spirifer spitiensis, Spirifer spurius, Spirifer striatus, Spirifer subgrandiformis, Spirifer suborbicularis, Spirifer supracarbonicus, Spirifer supramosquensis, Spirifer tareiaensis, Spirifer undata, Spirifer uralicus, Spirifer utahensis, Spirifera schmidti, Spirifera trigonalis, Spirifera annectans, Spirifera dubia, Spirifera lata, Spirifera varicosa, Spirifera desiderata, Spirifera neglecta, Spirifera disjuncta, Spirifera parryana, Spirifera convoluta, Spirifera engelmanni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kadosawa Limestone quarries, Nabeyama, Tochigi Prefecture (Hayasaka coll), which is in a Roadian carbonate limestone in the Nabeyama Formation of Japan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kadosawa Limestone quarries, Nabeyama, Tochigi Prefecture (Hayasaka coll)

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