Spirigera tricupii Bittner 1892 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1892. Neue Arten aus der Trias von Balia in Kleinasien. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich-Königlichen, Geologischen Reichsanstalt 42:77-89

Belongs to Spirigera according to A. Bittner 1892

Sister taxa: Spirigera (Didymospira), Spirigera borovacensis, Spirigera forojulensis, Spirigera kaihikuana, Spirigera kittlii, Spirigera manzavinii, Spirigera manzavinioides, Spirigera milesi, Spirigera misolica, Spirigera monticola, Spirigera oppelii, Spirigera pseudodielasma, Spirigera schloenbachii, Spirigera sellaris, Spirigera siljanensis, Spirigera stoliczkai, Spirigera subindistincta, Spirigera sufflata, Spirigera wreyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Balia (Spirigera beds), which is in a Triassic marine sandstone in Turkey

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Balia (Spirigera beds)

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