Spiriferina acutissima Trechmann 1917 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246

Belongs to Spiriferina according to C. T. Trechmann 1917

Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mentzelia), Spiriferina abichi, Spiriferina alia, Spiriferina arakiwa, Spiriferina betacalcis, Spiriferina bihatiensis, Spiriferina bittneri, Spiriferina borealis, Spiriferina carolinae, Spiriferina cassiana, Spiriferina coreyi, Spiriferina diomedea, Spiriferina elegantissima, Spiriferina expansa, Spiriferina fortis, Spiriferina gypaetus, Spiriferina homfrayi, Spiriferina kiparisovae, Spiriferina klipsteini, Spiriferina laminosa, Spiriferina loczyi, Spiriferina megarhyncha, Spiriferina moeschi, Spiriferina moscai, Spiriferina munsterii, Spiriferina nicklesi, Spiriferina octoplicata, Spiriferina osmana, Spiriferina otamitensis, Spiriferina panderi, Spiriferina papillosa, Spiriferina rostrata, Spiriferina roundyi, Spiriferina rupicola, Spiriferina salomonensis, Spiriferina slovenica, Spiriferina solitaria, Spiriferina sophiaealbae, Spiriferina subfragilis, Spiriferina subgriesbachi, Spiriferina sublilangensis, Spiriferina subtrigonalis, Spiriferina terebratuloides, Spiriferina terzadica, Spiriferina timorensis, Spiriferina tornata, Spiriferina toulai, Spiriferina triplicata, Spiriferina turcica, Spiriferina walcotti, Spiriferina yukonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Mount Heslington, which is in a Carnian marine horizon in New Zealand

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of New Zealand (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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