Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Synonym: Alifera Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960 [replaced name]
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and H. M. Muir-Wood. 1967. New names for brachiopod homonyms. Journal of Paleontology 41(3):808
Parent taxon: Paramarginiferini according to A. Williams et al. 2000
See also Cooper and Muir-Wood 1967 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bibatiola, Bothrionia, Cathaysia, Eomarginiferina, Huatangia, Paramarginifera, Paryphella, Protoniella, Tethysiella
Subtaxa: Alitaria konincki
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Spain (1 collection), the United Kingdom (9), United States (2: California)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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