Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Synonyms: Spirifer altivagus Stoliczka 1866, Spirifer tibeticus Stoliczka 1866, Spiriferina griesbachi Bittner 1899
Belongs to Spiriferina according to M. R. Sandy and F. Aly 2000
See also Hudson and Jefferies 1961 and Jefferies 1961
Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mansuyella), Spiriferina (Mentzelia), Spiriferina acutissima, Spiriferina alia, Spiriferina arakiwa, Spiriferina betacalcis, Spiriferina bihatiensis, Spiriferina bittneri, Spiriferina borealis, Spiriferina carolinae, Spiriferina cassiana, Spiriferina coreyi, Spiriferina diomedea, Spiriferina elegantissima, Spiriferina expansa, Spiriferina fortis, Spiriferina gypaetus, Spiriferina homfrayi, Spiriferina kiparisovae, Spiriferina klipsteini, Spiriferina laminosa, Spiriferina loczyi, Spiriferina megarhyncha, Spiriferina moeschi, Spiriferina moscai, Spiriferina munsterii, Spiriferina nicklesi, Spiriferina octoplicata, Spiriferina osmana, Spiriferina otamitensis, Spiriferina panderi, Spiriferina papillosa, Spiriferina rostrata, Spiriferina roundyi, Spiriferina rupicola, Spiriferina salomonensis, Spiriferina slovenica, Spiriferina solitaria, Spiriferina sophiaealbae, Spiriferina subfragilis, Spiriferina subgriesbachi, Spiriferina sublilangensis, Spiriferina subtrigonalis, Spiriferina terebratuloides, Spiriferina terzadica, Spiriferina timorensis, Spiriferina tornata, Spiriferina toulai, Spiriferina triplicata, Spiriferina turcica, Spiriferina walcotti, Spiriferina yukonensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia collections), Colombia (1), Papua New Guinea (4), the United Arab Emirates (3)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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