Paraspiriferina billingsi retusa Girty 1909 (lamp shell)

Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

Alternative combination: Spiriferina billingsi retusa

Full reference: G. H. Girty. 1909. The Guadalupian fauna. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 58:1-651

Belongs to Paraspiriferina billingsi according to G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant 1976

See also Girty 1909

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 118600, a shell

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS 2926 green, Capitan Peak, Guadalupe Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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