Spirifer orthiformis Lepsius 1878 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae

Full reference: R. G. Lepsius. 1878. Das Westliche Süd-Tirol: geologisch dargestellt. Verlag von Wilhelm Hertz 1-375

Belongs to Spirifer according to R. G. Lepsius 1878

Sister taxa: Spirifer (Lamellispirifer), Spirifer acutiplicatus, Spirifer albertensis, Spirifer argentarius, Spirifer baschkirica, Spirifer battu, Spirifer battus, Spirifer bistritzae, Spirifer brandis, Spirifer brazerianus, Spirifer byrangi, Spirifer cascadensis, Spirifer centronatus, Spirifer chappelensis, Spirifer concentricus, Spirifer crebristria, Spirifer dichotomus, Spirifer distefanii, Spirifer duodecimcostata, Spirifer dvinaensis, Spirifer enderlei, Spirifer engelgardthi, Spirifer fayettevillensis, Spirifer gregeri, Spirifer haydenianus, Spirifer holodnensis, Spirifer incertus, Spirifer increbescens, Spirifer jilinensis, Spirifer liangchowensis, Spirifer lirellus, Spirifer macrus, Spirifer malistanensis, Spirifer mercurii, Spirifer missouriensis, Spirifer munsteri, Spirifer obtusus, Spirifer opimus, Spirifer pellaensis, Spirifer pentagonoides, Spirifer pentlandi, Spirifer piassinaensis, Spirifer postventricosus, Spirifer pseudotasmaniensis, Spirifer rakuszi, Spirifer rariplectus, Spirifer rockymontanus, Spirifer schellwieni, Spirifer siculus, Spirifer sol, Spirifer spitiensis, Spirifer spurius, Spirifer striatus, Spirifer subgrandiformis, Spirifer suborbicularis, Spirifer supracarbonicus, Spirifer supramosquensis, Spirifer tareiaensis, Spirifer undata, Spirifer uralicus, Spirifer utahensis, Spirifera engelmanni, Spirifera schmidti, Spirifera convoluta, Spirifera trigonalis, Spirifera neglecta, Spirifera lata, Spirifera dubia, Spirifera annectans, Spirifera parryana, Spirifera varicosa, Spirifera desiderata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Monte Cogorna, Ballino, which is in a Rhaetian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Monte Cogorna, Ballino

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