Planispina Stehli 1954 (lamp shell)

Strophomenata - Productida - Cyclacanthariidae

Full reference: F.G. Stehli. 1954. Lower Leonardian Brachiopoda of the Sierra Diablo. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 105(3):257-358

Parent taxon: Teguliferininae according to A. Williams et al. 2000

See also Cooper and Grant 1975, Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acritosia, Ardmosteges, Proteguliferina, Teguliferina

Subtaxa: Planispina armata Planispina conida Planispina kansasensis

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Type: Planispina conida

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (19: Texas collections)

Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence

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