Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Alternative spelling: Spiriferina (Spiriferellina)
Parent taxon: Spiriferellinidae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Brunton and Champion 1974, Reed 1944, Sepkoski 2002 and Shen et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Crenispirifer, Lancangjiangia, Metriolepis, Pseudospiriferina, Sulcispiriferina, Tulungospirifer
Subtaxa: Spiriferellina aduncata Spiriferellina aequiplicata Spiriferellina altiplecusformis Spiriferellina anguliplica Spiriferellina baywullensis Spiriferellina bilotensis Spiriferellina cambodgiensis Spiriferellina cristata Spiriferellina discoformis Spiriferellina disparata Spiriferellina elegantula Spiriferellina enteleteformis Spiriferellina excelens Spiriferellina hilli Spiriferellina hochuanensis Spiriferellina lacunosa Spiriferellina lata Spiriferellina nanbuensis Spiriferellina nasuta Spiriferellina nasuta Spiriferellina neerkolensis Spiriferellina netschajewi Spiriferellina nuda Spiriferellina orientalis Spiriferellina paucicostata Spiriferellina pauciplicata Spiriferellina pokrowskensis Spiriferellina quadriplicata Spiriferellina quantula Spiriferellina rouxi Spiriferellina tareica Spiriferellina tricosa Spiriferellina triquetra Spiriferellina vercherei Spiriferellina vescula Spiriferellina yanagidai Spiriferellina yunnanensis Spiriferellina zewanensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Afghanistan (3 collections), Armenia (4), Australia (16), Azerbaijan (3), Bolivia (1), Cambodia (1), Canada (4: Nunavut, Yukon), China (58), Germany (1), Greenland (7), India (1), Indonesia (4), Iran (2), Japan (5), Laos (1), Lithuania (5), Malaysia (5), Mexico (6), Myanmar (5), Nepal (2), New Zealand (3), Oman (3), Pakistan (103), the Russian Federation (10), Tajikistan (5), Thailand (18), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (10), the United Kingdom (17), United States (82: Alaska, Arizona, California, Oregon, Texas), Venezuela (1)
• Namurian of Argentina (1), Australia (2)
• Carboniferous to Permian of United States (2: California)
• Carboniferous of Argentina (3), Australia (4), Belgium (1), Canada (1: Nunavut), Ireland (2), South Korea (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (44: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Kentucky, Nevada, Oklahoma)
• Devonian to Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 463 collections including 527 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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