Acrospirifer Wedekind 1926 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae

Alternative spelling: Hysterolites (Acrospirifer)

Parent taxon: Acrospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006

See also Amsden and Ventress 1963, Boucot et al. 2008, Johnson 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Mauispirifer, Xerospirifer

Subtaxa: Acrospirifer murchisoni

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (2), Canada (5: Ontario, Quebec), China (36), Colombia (28), the Czech Republic (2), Germany (10), Libya (1), New Zealand (4), Peru (3), the Russian Federation (4), South Africa (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (14: Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, West Virginia), Venezuela (3), Vietnam (6)

Total: 126 collections including 143 occurrences

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