Spinella Talent 1956 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Adolfiidae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acutatheca, Adolfia, Allanella, Chimaerothyris, Eospiriferina, Fidespirifer, Guicyrtia

Subtaxa: Spinella buchanensis Spinella talenti

View classification

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (7 collections), United States (3: Nevada)

Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.