Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) gaspeensis Schuchert and Cooper 1930 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae

Alternative combination: Plectatrypa gaspeensis

Full reference: C. Schuchert and G. A. Cooper. 1930. Upper Ordovician and Lower Devonian Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Perce, Quebec; Part 2, New species from the Upper Ordovician of Perce. American Journal of Science 20:265-288

Belongs to Spirigerina (Eospirigerina) according to A. J. Boucot and J. G. Johnson 1967

See also Schuchert and Cooper 1930

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (13 collections), the United Kingdom (3), Venezuela (1)

• Ordovician to Silurian of Norway (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (4: Quebec), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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