Spirifer

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Spirifer
Temporal range: Sandbian - Wordian
Spirifer verneuli from Belgium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Brachiopoda
Class: Rhynchonellata
(unranked): Spiriferida
Family: Spiriferidae
Genus: Spirifer
Sowerby, 1818

Spirifer is a genus of marine brachiopods belonging to the order Spiriferida family Spiriferidae. Species belonging to the genus occurred from the Middle Ordovician (Sandbian) through to the Middle Permian (Wordian). They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.[1]

Selected species

  • Spirifer acutiplicatus Hayasaka, 1933
  • Spirifer bambadhurensis Diener, 1903
  • Spirifer baschkirica Tschernyschew, 1902
  • Spirifer battu Gemmellaro, 1899
  • Spirifer bisulcatus Sowerby, 1825
  • Spirifer byrangi Chernyak, 1963
  • Spirifer carnicus Schellwien, 1892
  • Spirifer concentricus Lee and Su, 1980
  • Spirifer distefanii Gemmellaro, 1899
  • Spirifer dvinaensis Licharew, 1927
  • Spirifer enderlei Tschernyschew, 1902
  • Spirifer engelgardthi Chernyak, 1963
  • Spirifer fritschi Schellwien, 1892
  • Spirifer holodnensis Chernyak, 1963
  • Spirifer lirellus Cvancara, 1958
  • Spirifer malistanensis Plodowski, 1968
  • Spirifer muensteri Suess, 1854
  • Spirifer opimus Hall, 1858
  • Spirifer pentagonoides Plodowski, 1968
  • Spirifer pentlandi d'Orbigny, 1842
  • Spirifer perlamellosus Hall, 1857
  • Spirifer piassinaensis Chernyak, 1963
  • Spirifer postventricosus Tschernyschew, 1902
  • Spirifer pseudotasmaniensis Einor, 1939
  • Spirifer rakuszi Einor, 1946
  • Spirifer rockymontanus Marcou, 1858
  • Spirifer schellwieni Tschernyschew, 1902
  • Spirifer siculus Gemmellaro, 1899
  • Spirifer spitiensis Stoliczka, 1865
  • Spirifer strangwaysi De Verneuil, 1845
  • Spirifer striatus Martin, 1809
  • Spirifer subgrandiformis Plodowski, 1968
  • Spirifer subtrigonalis Gemmellaro, 1899
  • Spirifer supracarbonicus Tschernyschew, 1902
  • Spirifer supramosquensis Nikitin, 1890
  • Spirifer tareiaensis Einor, 1939
  • Spirifer tegulatus Trautschold, 1876
  • Spirifer undata Reed, 1944
  • Spirifer uralicus Tschernyschew, 1902
  • Spirifer verneuilli
  • Spirifer zitteli Schellwien, 1892

Gallery

References

  1. ↑ Paleobiology Database

further information


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