Mesopunctia spinosa Waterhouse and Vella 1965 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ingelarellidae

Alternative combination: Notospirifer spinosus

Belongs to Mesopunctia according to J. B. Waterhouse 1998

Sister taxa: Mesopunctia extensa, Mesopunctia macropustulosus, Mesopunctia microspinosa, Mesopunctia minuta

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mesopunctia spinosa in the database

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