Spiriferina (Mentzelia) bittneri Salomon 1895 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Full reference: W. Salomon. 1895. Geologische und palaeontologische Studien uber die Marmolata. Palaeontographica 42:1-210

Belongs to Spiriferina (Mentzelia) according to W. Salomon 1895

Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mentzelia) fraasi, Spiriferina (Mentzelia) mentzeli, Spiriferina (Mentzelia) microglossa, Spiriferina (Mentzelia) spitiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rosalia Valley (Marmolata), which is in a Triassic marine horizon in the Marmolata Formation of Italy

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Rosalia Valley (Marmolata)

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