Callispirina Cooper and Muir-Wood 1951 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Lamniplica, Paraspiriferina, Yaonoiella, Zaissania

Subtaxa: Callispirina austrina Callispirina frontisquamosa Callispirina manangensis Callispirina multipunctata Callispirina ornata Callispirina rotunda Callispirina rotundella Callispirina transversa

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Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), China (13), India (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (4), Laos (1), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (1), Nepal (6), Oman (9), Pakistan (46), the Russian Federation (4), Thailand (18), Turkey (2), United States (1: Texas), Vietnam (1)

• Carboniferous of China (1), the Russian Federation (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1)

Total: 113 collections including 115 occurrences

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