Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosus Meek 1860 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae

Alternative combinations: Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosa, Spirifer strigosus, Spirifera strigosa

Belongs to Spirifer (Trigonotreta) according to F. B. Meek 1877

See also Langenheim and Tischler 1960 and Meek 1876

Sister taxa: Trigonotreta australis, Trigonotreta cracovensis, Trigonotreta guizhouensis, Trigonotreta hobartensis, Trigonotreta larghii, Trigonotreta lightjacki, Trigonotreta lyonsensis, Trigonotreta orientensis, Trigonotreta sanjuanensis, Trigonotreta semicircularis, Trigonotreta stokesi, Trigonotreta stokesii, Trigonotreta victoriae

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A-9445, Andy Hills, Cottonwood Range (Devonian of California)

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