Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Paraspiriferinidae

Full reference: G. A. Cooper and R. E. Grant. 1976. Permian Brachiopods of west Texas, V. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 24:2609-3159

Belongs to Paraspiriferina according to S. Z. Shen and M. E. Clapham 2009

Sister taxa: Paraspiriferina amoena, Paraspiriferina billingsi, Paraspiriferina convexa, Paraspiriferina evax, Paraspiriferina formulosa, Paraspiriferina gentilis, Paraspiriferina ghundiensis, Paraspiriferina laqueata, Paraspiriferina multiplicata, Paraspiriferina paginata, Paraspiriferina pulchra, Paraspiriferina punjabensis, Paraspiriferina rotundata, Paraspiriferina sapinea, Paraspiriferina setulosa, Paraspiriferina transversa

Type specimen: USNM 153109d, a shell (Articulated shell)

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 7.98 x 10.87