Cryptospirifer Grabau 1931 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Parent taxon: Lochengiinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Galeatathyris, Lochengia, Titanothyris

Subtaxa: Cryptospirifer omeishanensis Cryptospirifer orbicularis Cryptospirifer shawanensis Cryptospirifer transversa

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Type: Cryptospirifer omeishanensis

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Armenia (2 collections), China (22), Iran (2), Japan (1), Turkey (1)

• Devonian of China (1)

Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences

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