†Australispira Percival 1991 (lamp shell)
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Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Alternative spelling: Australospira
Full reference: I. Percival. 1991. Late Ordovician articulate brachiopods from central New South Wales, Australia. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 11:107-177
Parent taxon: Spirigerininae according to A. Williams et al. 2002
See also Popov et al. 1999 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Eospirigerina, Hectoria, Neospirigerina, Pectenospira, Qilianotryma, Rhynchogilviella, Schachriomonia, Spirigerina, Sulcatospira
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (18 collections)
Total: 18 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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