†Alispirifer (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Strophopleuridae
Parent taxon: Pterospiriferinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Haplospirifer, Johncarteria, Pteroplecta, Pterospirifer, Spiriferinaella, Xizispirifer, Yukonospirifer
Subtaxa: Alispirifer contractus Alispirifer laminosus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Namurian of Australia (7 collections)
• Carboniferous to Permian of China (3)
• Carboniferous of Australia (17), India (1), Mexico (1), Nepal (1), Pakistan (1), South Korea (1)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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