Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Synonym: Athyrella Renz 1912 [objective synonym]
Full reference: W. Waagen. 1883. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part IV, fas. 2. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(4):391-546
Parent taxon: Spirigerellinae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Doescher 1981, Sepkoski 2002 and Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Araxathyris, Cardiothyris, Composita, Densalvus, Gruntea, Iniathyris, Nordathyris, Planalvus, Posicomta, Pseudopentagonia, Rectambitus, Septospirigerella, Tongzithyris, Tulathyris, Uldziathyris
Subtaxa: Athyrella hybrida Spirigerella alata Spirigerella bellistriata Spirigerella derbyi Spirigerella discors Spirigerella fusiformis Spirigerella gigas Spirigerella grandis Spirigerella heibayideensis Spirigerella media Spirigerella mendungensis Spirigerella minuta Spirigerella numismalis Spirigerella obovata Spirigerella ovoidalis Spirigerella paraliensis Spirigerella pertumida Spirigerella praelonga Spirigerella proxima Spirigerella rectimarginata Spirigerella subtriangularis Spirigerella subtriquetra Spirigerella teseroi
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (1 collection), Armenia (3), Australia (4), China (41), Croatia (1), India (3), Indonesia (2), Iran (3), Italy (5), Malaysia (1), Myanmar (2), Nepal (7), Pakistan (276), Slovenia (1), Vietnam (1)
• Carboniferous of Iran (3)
• Devonian of China (9)
Total: 363 collections including 928 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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