Spirifer Explained
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]
Selected species
- Spirifer acutiplicatus Hayasaka, 1933
- Spirifer bambadhurensis Diener, 1903
- Spirifer baschkirica Tschernyschew, 1902
- Spirifer battu Gemmellaro, 1899
- 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 zitteli Schellwien, 1892
Reassigned species
As Spirifer has been described early on, since then, many species have been reassigned.[2] [3] [4]
- S. archiaciformis = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. bisulcatus = Angiospirifer bisulcatus
- S. chinensis mut. α = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. gortanioides = Plicapustula gortanioides
- S. hayasakai = Lamarckispirifer hayasakai
- S. heterosinosus = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. martellii = Plicapustula martellii
- S. pekinensis = Plicapustula pekinensis
- S. pellizzarii = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. pellizzariformis = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. pinguis = Latibrachythyris pinguis
- S. rotundatus = Latibrachythyris rotundatus
- S. subhayasakai = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. verneuili = Cyrtospirifer verneuili
- S. verneuili var. subarchiaci = Plicapustula subarchiaci
- S. verneuili var. subextensus = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. vilis = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. wangleighi = Sinospirifer subextensus
- S. yassensis = Spinella yassensis
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?taxon_no=29638&action=taxonInfo Spirifer
- Strusz. D.L.. Chatterton. B.D.E.. Flood. P.G.. 1970. Revision of the New South Wales Devonian brachiopod "Spirifer yassensis". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 95. 170–190. 2014-02-09.
- Angiolini. L.. Long. S.. Davies. L.. 2011. Revision of Sowerby's species 'Spirifer bisulcatus, Spirifer pinguis and Spirifer rotundatus' from the late Tournaisian-Visean of Great Britain [online]]. Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists. 41. 71–85. 0810-8889. 2014-02-09.
- Ma. Xueping. Day. Day. 2007. Morphology and revision of Late Devonian Cyrtospirifer (Brachioloda) and related genera from South China and North America. Journal of Paleontology. 81. 2. 286–311. 2014-02-09. 10.1666/0022-3360(2007)81[286:marold]2.0.co;2. 130468047.
