Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Full reference: D. A. B. MacFarlan. 2023. Latest Triassic and Early Jurassic Spiriferinida (Brachiopoda) of Zealandia (New Zealand and New Caledonia). Zootaxa 5277:1-58
Belongs to Spiriferina according to D. A. B. MacFarlan 2023
Sister taxa: Spiriferina (Mentzelia), Spiriferina abichi, Spiriferina alia, Spiriferina arakiwa, Spiriferina betacalcis, Spiriferina bihatiensis, Spiriferina bittneri, Spiriferina borealis, Spiriferina carolinae, Spiriferina cassiana, Spiriferina coreyi, Spiriferina elegantissima, Spiriferina expansa, Spiriferina fortis, Spiriferina homfrayi, Spiriferina kiparisovae, Spiriferina klipsteini, Spiriferina laminosa, Spiriferina loczyi, Spiriferina megarhyncha, Spiriferina moeschi, Spiriferina moscai, Spiriferina munsterii, Spiriferina nicklesi, Spiriferina octoplicata, Spiriferina osmana, Spiriferina panderi, Spiriferina papillosa, Spiriferina rostrata, Spiriferina roundyi, Spiriferina rupicola, Spiriferina salomonensis, Spiriferina slovenica, Spiriferina solitaria, Spiriferina subfragilis, Spiriferina subgriesbachi, Spiriferina sublilangensis, Spiriferina subtrigonalis, Spiriferina terebratuloides, Spiriferina terzadica, Spiriferina timorensis, Spiriferina tornata, Spiriferina toulai, Spiriferina triplicata, Spiriferina turcica, Spiriferina walcotti, Spiriferina yukonensis
Type specimen: AU B725, a shell. Its type locality is AU 4395, Pomarangai Road (R16/f8821), which is in a Toarcian marine horizon in New Zealand.
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of New Zealand (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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