Patriaspirifer Johnson 1995 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae

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

See also Johnson 1995 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Antispirifer, Arduspirifer, Australospirifer, Brachyspirifer, Costellispirifer, Dixonella, Dyticospirifer, Euryspirifer, Hysterolites, Otospirifer, Paraspirifer, Rostrospirifer, Trigonospirifer, Xinjiangospirifer

Subtaxa: Patriaspirifer duodenaria Patriaspirifer kobehana Patriaspirifer murchisoni

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Type: Spirifer kobehana

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Ontario collections), United States (19: California, Nevada, New York)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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