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Spirifer
Extinct genus of brachiopods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 Late Triassic (Carnian) with a global distribution. They were stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.[1]
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↑S. perlamellosus, 19mm - pedunculate valve
↓S. striatus: exterior, and interior with lophophore | |
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Family: | Spiriferidae |
Genus: | Spirifer Sowerby 1818 |
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Delthyris |
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