Spirigera monticola White 1874 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae

Full reference: C. A. White. 1874. Preliminary report upon invertebrate fossils collected by the expeditions of 1871, 1872, and 1873. Geographical and Geological Exploration and Surveys west of the 100th Meridian, Washington, D.C., Government Printing Office 1-27

Belongs to Spirigera according to C. A. White 1874

Sister taxa: Spirigera (Didymospira), Spirigera borovacensis, Spirigera forojulensis, Spirigera kaihikuana, Spirigera kittlii, Spirigera manzavinii, Spirigera manzavinioides, Spirigera milesi, Spirigera misolica, Spirigera oppelii, Spirigera pseudodielasma, Spirigera schloenbachii, Spirigera sellaris, Spirigera siljanensis, Spirigera stoliczkai, Spirigera subindistincta, Spirigera sufflata, Spirigera tricupii, Spirigera wreyi

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Spirigera monticola in the database

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