Spiriferalaria Waterhouse 2002 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Parent taxon: Neospiriferinae according to J. B. Waterhouse 2004

Sister taxa: Betaneospirifer, Blasispirifer, Cartorhium, Costatispirifer, Crassispirifer, Cratispirifer, Fasciculatia, Fusispirifer, Fusispiriferinae, Gibbospirifer, Gypospirifer, Imperiospira, Kaninospirifer, Kaninospiriferinae, Lepidospirifer, Lutuginia, Maxwellispirifer, Neospirifer, Occidalia, Pondospirifer, Saltospirifer, Septospirifer, Simplicisulcus, Tibetospirifer

Subtaxa: Spiriferalaria thescelus

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Type: Neospirifer thescelus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (14: Texas collections)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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