Spirifer
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Spirifer Temporal range: Sandbian-Carnian ~460–232 Ma |
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| ↑S. perlamellosus, 19mm - pedunculate valve
↓S. striatus: exterior, and interior with lophophore |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Spiriferida |
| Family: | Spiriferidae |
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Spirifer Sowerby 1818 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Delthyris |
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↓S. striatus: exterior, and interior with lophophore
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Delthyris
Spirifer is a genus of marine brachiopods belonging to the order Spiriferida and family Spiriferidae. Species belonging to the genus lived from the Middle Ordovician (Sandbian) through to the Middle Triassic (Carnian) with a global distribution. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.
As Spirifer has been described early on, since then, many species have been reassigned.
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