Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Parent taxon: Rhenothyridinae according to A. Williams et al. 2006
See also Jin and Chatterton 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Deltospirifer, Eohowellella, Gerothyris, Nordella, Pseudoundispirifer, Puanospirifer, Rhenothyris, Uexothyris, Warrenella
Subtaxa: Spirinella caecistriata Spirinella pauciplicata Spirinella struszi Spirinella tureki
Type: Spirinella caecistriata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), the Russian Federation (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Whitwellian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories)
• Silurian of Australia (11), Canada (13: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Nunavut), China (7), the Czech Republic (2), United States (10: California, Iowa, Nevada, Utah)
Total: 49 collections including 51 occurrences
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