Alispiriferella Waterhouse and Waddington 1982 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse and J. Waddington. 1982. Systematic descriptions, paleoecology and correlations of the late Paleozoic subfamily Spiriferellinae (Brachiopoda) from the Yukon Territory and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 289:1-73

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Arcullina, Bamberina, Elivina, Elivininae, Eridmatus, Hunzininae, Plicatospiriferella, Rhombospirifer, Spiriarchboldiella, Spiriferella, Spiriferellinae, Spiriferelloides, Timaniella, Tipispirifer

Subtaxa: Alispiriferella gydanensis Alispiriferella lita Alispiriferella ordinaria

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Type: Spiriferella ordinaria

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Leonard of Canada (2: Yukon collections)

• Wolfcamp of Canada (2: Yukon)

• Permian of Canada (14: British Columbia, Nunavut, Yukon), China (2), Japan (16), Mongolia (8), the Russian Federation (18)

Total: 62 collections including 65 occurrences

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