Pexidella Bittner 1890 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae

Alternative spelling: Spirigera (Pexidella)

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1890. Brachiopoden der alpinen Trias. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 14:1-325

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

See also De Toni 1913 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amphitomella, Anisactinella, Diplospirella, Euractinella

Subtaxa: Pexidella marmorea Pexidella strohmayeri Pexidella sturi

view classification

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (6 collections), Bosnia and Herzegovina (6), Germany (1), Hungary (5), Italy (2), Romania (3), Serbia (1), Slovakia (1), Türkiye (1)

Total: 26 collections including 27 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.