Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262
Belongs to Spiriferina according to J. P. Smith 1927
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 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is North end of Brock Mountain (Juvavites subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at North end of Brock Mountain (Juvavites subzone)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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