Spirigerellina canaliculata Bittner 1902 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Alternative combination: Spirigera canaliculata

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1902. Brachiopoden und Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias von Bosnien, Dalmatien, und Venetien [Brachiopods and bivalves of the Triassic of Bosnia, Dalmatia and Veneto]. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 52(3-4):495-646

Belongs to Spirigerellina according to A. S. Dagys 1974

See also Bittner 1902

Sister taxa: Spirigerellina ausseana, Spirigerellina concentrica, Spirigerellina erubescens, Spirigerellina hunica, Spirigerellina kittli, Spirigerellina pygmaea, Spirigerellina stoliczkai, Spirigerellina sulcata, Compositella planosulcata, Compositella striata, Compositella tenuistriata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Studenkovići, Trebević, near Sarajevo, which is in an Anisian/Ladinian carbonate limestone in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Studenkovići, Trebević, near Sarajevo

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