Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Alternative combination: Spirifer homfrayi
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35
Belongs to Spiriferina according to J. P. Smith 1914
See also Gabb 1864
Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mentzelia), Spiriferina abichi, 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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is Star Canon near mill, Humboldt, which is in a Lacian carbonate limestone in the Dun Glen Formation of Nevada
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Star Canon near mill, Humboldt
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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