Martinia contracta Meek and Worthen 1866 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae

Alternative combinations: Spirifer (Martinia) glaber contracta, Spirifer contractus

Belongs to Martinia according to C. Diener 1897

See also White 1874

Sister taxa: Martinia abrupta, Martinia acuminata, Martinia acutirostris, Martinia acutomarginalis, Martinia acutomarginiformis, Martinia adentata, Martinia affinis, Martinia angulata, Martinia anorbicularis, Martinia applanata, Martinia attenuatelloides, Martinia avicula, Martinia aviformis, Martinia baiyanhuaensis, Martinia bassa, Martinia berthiaumei, Martinia bisinuata, Martinia bittneri, Martinia buriensis, Martinia camengensis, Martinia carinthiaca, Martinia causaria, Martinia ceres, Martinia circularis, Martinia corculum, Martinia cornelia, Martinia cruenta, Martinia debosensis, Martinia decora, Martinia distefanoi, Martinia distorta, Martinia elegans, Martinia elongata, Martinia exigua, Martinia frechi, Martinia fucina, Martinia fulingensis, Martinia gemmellaroi, Martinia glabra, Martinia grandis, Martinia hengshanensis, Martinia hunanensis, Martinia incerta, Martinia karawanica, Martinia kraffti, Martinia lamellosa, Martinia lata, Martinia latilinguiformis, Martinia latisulcata, Martinia lengwuensis, Martinia liuqiaoiensis, Martinia lopingensis, Martinia manchuriensis, Martinia martinezi, Martinia miranda, Martinia mongolica, Martinia nealranchensis, Martinia nipponica, Martinia nucula, Martinia orbicularis, Martinia osborni, Martinia parvula, Martinia pentagonalis, Martinia periquadrata, Martinia polymorpha, Martinia pusilla, Martinia qinlingensis, Martinia radiata, Martinia rectangularis, Martinia renfroae, Martinia rhomboidalis, Martinia rhomboidalis, Martinia rostrata, Martinia rupicola, Martinia semiplana, Martinia semiramis, Martinia sinensis, Martinia sinuata, Martinia spissa, Martinia subapplanata, Martinia subrhomboidalis, Martinia subtriquetra, Martinia subumbona, Martinia timanica, Martinia tongmuqiaoensis, Martinia triquetra, Martinia umbonata, Martinia undatifera, Martinia variabilis, Martinia velebitica, Martinia warthi, Martinia wolfcampensis, Martinia zhexiensis, Martinia ziyunensis, Spirifer (Martinia) macilentus, Spirifera (Martinia) glabra, Spirifera (Martinia) maia, Spirifera (Martinia) undifera

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of China (2 collections)

• Carboniferous of China (1), United States (21: Indiana)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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