Aperispirifer Waterhouse 1968 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Full reference: J. B. Waterhouse. 1968. The classification and description of Permian Spiriferida (Brachiopoda) from New Zealand. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 129(1-3):1-94

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

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Brachythyrinella, Frechella, Grantonini, Neilotreta, Sulciplica, Tasmanospirifer, Trigonotreta, Trigonotretini

Subtaxa: Aperispirifer archboldi Aperispirifer lethamensis Aperispirifer nelsonensis Aperispirifer ovalis Aperispirifer wairakiensis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (52 collections), China (1), New Zealand (24)

Total: 77 collections each including a single occurrence

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