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