Spiriferina turcica Bittner 1902 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae

Full reference: A. Bittner. 1902. Brachiopoden und Lamellibranchiaten aus der Trias von Bosnien, Dalmatien, und Venetien [Brachiopods and bivalves of the Triassic of Bosnia, Dalmatia and Veneto]. Jahrbuch der Kaiserlich Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wien 52(3-4):495-646

Belongs to Spiriferina according to A. Bittner 1902

Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mansuyella), Spiriferina (Mentzelia), Spiriferina abichi, Spiriferina acutissima, 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 walcotti, Spiriferina yukonensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gajine, which is in a Ladinian/Carnian carbonate limestone in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gajine

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