Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Alternative combinations: Ambocoelia planoconvexa, Martinia planoconvexa, Spirifer (Martinia) planoconvexus, Spirifer planoconvexa
Full reference: B. F. Shumard. 1855. Description of new species of organic remains. Missouri Geological Survey 2:185-208
Belongs to Crurithyris according to L. Li et al. 1986
See also Arthaber 1900, Chronic 1953, Frech 1911, Kozlowski 1914, Liao 1979, Mansuy 1913, Shumard 1855 and Tschernyschew 1902
Sister taxa: Crurithyris alaskensis, Crurithyris aquilonia, Crurithyris arcuata, Crurithyris calendae, Crurithyris changmeensis, Crurithyris clannyana, Crurithyris expansa, Crurithyris extumida, Crurithyris inflata, Crurithyris levicula, Crurithyris longa, Crurithyris longirostris, Crurithyris longtanica, Crurithyris major, Crurithyris muliensis, Crurithyris opalinus, Crurithyris parva, Crurithyris sulcata, Crurithyris telleri, Crurithyris tianshengqiaoensis, Crurithyris uralica, Crurithyris urei, Crurithyris wampensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Bolivia (29 collections), China (3), Laos (1), Peru (7), Ukraine (2), United States (1: Texas)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Bolivia (8), China (1), Peru (2), United States (149: Arizona, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas)
Total: 205 collections each including a single occurrence
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