Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Alternative spelling: Spirifer (Unispirifer)
Parent taxon: Prospirinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Hudson et al. 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Andreaspira, Atylephorus, Austrochoristites, Finospirifer, Kinghiria, Parallelora, Prospira, Subspirifer
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Australia (43 collections), Canada (42: Alberta), China (4), France (1), Iran (1), Libya (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (21: California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa)
• Devonian of France (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Montana, and Wyoming)
Total: 119 collections including 121 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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