†Spinarella Cooper and Grant 1975 (lamp shell)
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Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1975. Permian Brachiopods of West Texas, III. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 19:795-1921
Parent taxon: Rugatiini according to S. S. Lazarev 2011
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Nudauris, Rugatia, Xestosia
Subtaxa: Spinarella costellata Spinarella lobata Spinarella paulula Spinarella perfecta
Type: Spinarella perfecta
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (8: Texas collections)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
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