Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
Synonym: Costispiriferina Dagys 1974
Parent taxon: Lepismatininae according to Z. Guo et al. 2019
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Altoplicatella, Pseudolepismatina, Tianjunospina
Subtaxa: Costispiriferina asiatica Costispiriferina manca Costispiriferina pittensis Costispiriferina terekhovi Costispiriferina viligensis Lepismatina arctica Lepismatina hsui Lepismatina inusitata Lepismatina lenaensis Lepismatina lilangensis Lepismatina mansfieldi Lepismatina qilianensis Lepismatina rara Lepismatina shalshalensis Lepismatina sinucosta
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Bulgaria (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), China (43), East Timor (1), Hungary (6), India (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (35), United States (6: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Wyoming), Yemen (4)
Total: 99 collections including 103 occurrences
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