Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Alternative spelling: Spirifer (Comelicania)
Synonyms: Alatothyris Waterhouse and Gupta 1986, Spitispirifer Waterhouse and Gupta 1986
Full reference: F. Frech. 1901. Die Dyas. Lethaea Geognostica oder Beschreibung und Abbildung der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. I. Theil. Lethaea Palaeozoica 2(3):453-578
Parent taxon: Comelicaniinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Posenato 1989, Posenato 1998, Schréter 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Gruntallina
Subtaxa: Comelicania haueri Comelicania megalotis Comelicania merlai Spitispirifer bisulcatus
Type: Spirifer megalotis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Italy (23 collections)
Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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