Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Full reference: A. S. Dagys. 1974. Triassic Brachiopods (Morphology, Classification, Phylogeny, Stratigraphical Significance and Biogeography) 1-387
Belongs to Spirigerellina according to M. Iordan 1993
See also Dagys 1974 and Grunt 1986
Sister taxa: Spirigerellina ausseana, Spirigerellina canaliculata, Spirigerellina concentrica, Spirigerellina erubescens, Spirigerellina hunica, Spirigerellina kittli, Spirigerellina stoliczkai, Spirigerellina sulcata, Compositella striata, Compositella tenuistriata, Compositella planosulcata
Type specimen: IGiG 394/76. Its type locality is Karatauchik Range, at Dolnapa well, Mangyshlak, which is in a Spathian marine horizon in Kazakhstan.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (2 collections), Kazakhstan (3), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
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