Extinct genus of brachiopods
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]
S. missouriensis . Early Carboniferous , Radville , Saskatchewan (Canada ). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology .
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