Latispirifer Archbold and Thomas 1985 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Full reference: N. W. Archbold and G. A. Thomas. 1985. New genera of Western Australian Permian Spiriferidae (Brachiopoda). Alcheringa 9:269-292

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Ectochoristites, Grandispirifer, Larispirifer, Mesochorispira, Spirifer, Warsawia

Subtaxa: Latispirifer amplissimus Latispirifer archboldorum Latispirifer callytharrensis

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Type: Latispirifer callytharrensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (15 collections), Indonesia (2)

Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence

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