Spirifer

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.
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.
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
References
External links
Zipcodezoo
Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
Spiriferida
Prehistoric brachiopod genera
Paleozoic animals of Africa
Paleozoic animals of Asia
Paleozoic animals of Europe
Paleozoic animals of North America
Fossils of Georgia (U.S. state)
Paleozoic brachiopods of South America
Carboniferous Bolivia
Devonian Brazil
Carboniferous Brazil
Devonian Colombia
Fossils of Colombia
Floresta Formation
Devonian Peru
Ordovician first appearances
Carnian extinctions
Jeffersonville Limestone
Paleozoic life of Ontario
Paleozoic life of Alberta
Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Paleozoic life of New Brunswick
Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
Paleozoic life of Nunavut
Paleozoic life of Quebec
Paleozoic life of Yukon
Fossil taxa described in 1818