Indospirifer (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Echinospiriferidae

Synonym: Schizospirifer

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Adolfispirifer, Echinospirifer, Enchondrospirifer, Hispidaria, Howittia, Rigauxia, Sergunkovia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Afghanistan (3 collections), China (12), Germany (2), Myanmar (2), the Russian Federation (3), United States (16: Arizona, Iowa, New Mexico), Uzbekistan (1), Vietnam (2)

Total: 41 collections including 46 occurrences

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