Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Alternative spellings: Spirifer (Spiriferella), Spiriferina (Spiriferella)
Synonym: Tintoriella Angiolini 1996
Full reference: T. N. Tschernyschew. 1902. Verkhnekamennougol'nyya Brakhiopody Urala i Timana. Trudy Geologicheskago Komiteta 16(2):1-749
Parent taxon: Spiriferellidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002, Shen et al. 2001, Shen et al. 2003, Tschernyschew 1902 and Waterhouse 2004
Sister taxa: Alispiriferella, Arcullina, Bamberina, Elivina, Elivininae, Eridmatus, Hunzininae, Plicatospiriferella, Rhombospirifer, Spiriarchboldiella, Spiriferellinae, Spiriferelloides, Timaniella, Tipispirifer
Subtaxa: Spiriferella antefurcata Spiriferella arctica Spiriferella bituchensis Spiriferella borealica Spiriferella burgaliensis Spiriferella calcarata Spiriferella clypeata Spiriferella consimilis Spiriferella embrithes Spiriferella gloverae Spiriferella gravis Spiriferella grunti Spiriferella hinganensis Spiriferella hoskingae Spiriferella interplicata Spiriferella jilongensis Spiriferella keilhavii Spiriferella keilhaviiformis Spiriferella lata Spiriferella legrandblaini Spiriferella levis Spiriferella loveni Spiriferella magna Spiriferella modesta Spiriferella mugunica Spiriferella nepalensis Spiriferella orientensis Spiriferella ovata Spiriferella persaranae Spiriferella personata Spiriferella posterosulcata Spiriferella primaeva Spiriferella propria Spiriferella pseudodraschei Spiriferella pseudotibetana Spiriferella rajah Spiriferella salteri Spiriferella saranae Spiriferella scobina Spiriferella scobinoidea Spiriferella scopulosus Spiriferella simplex Spiriferella sinica Spiriferella subsalteri Spiriferella sulcifer Spiriferella supplanta Spiriferella tetralobata Spiriferella turusica Spiriferella unicostata Spiriferella vaskovskii Spiriferella vojnowskii Spiriferella wangi Spiriferella wimanni Spiriferella yukonensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Australia (22 collections), Canada (147: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), China (67), Greece (1), Greenland (36), India (17), Indonesia (5), Japan (6), Laos (1), Malaysia (4), Mexico (6), Mongolia (14), Myanmar (7), Nepal (53), New Zealand (5), Oman (3), Pakistan (8), the Russian Federation (29), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (14), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (9), United States (136: Alaska, California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (23: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), South Korea (3), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2), United States (16: Alaska, Texas)
Total: 635 collections including 689 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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