Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae

Alternative combinations: Spirifer keilhavii, Spiriferina (Spiriferella) keilhavii

Synonyms: Spirifer draschei Toula 1875, Spirifer wilczecki Toula 1873, Spiriferella draschei Toula 1875

Full reference: L. von Buch. 1847. Über Spirifer keilhavii, über dessen Fundort und Verhältniss zu ähnlichen Formen. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1846:65-80

Belongs to Spiriferella according to L. Angiolini and S. L. Long 2008

Sister taxa: Spiriferella antefurcata, Spiriferella arctica, Spiriferella australasica, Spiriferella bituchensis, Spiriferella borealica, Spiriferella burgaliensis, Spiriferella calcarata, Spiriferella clypeata, Spiriferella consimilis, Spiriferella cundlegoensis, Spiriferella embrithes, Spiriferella etheridgei, Spiriferella gloverae, Spiriferella gravis, Spiriferella hinganensis, Spiriferella interplicata, Spiriferella jilongensis, Spiriferella keilhaviiformis, Spiriferella lata, Spiriferella leviplica, Spiriferella levis, Spiriferella loveni, Spiriferella magna, Spiriferella modesta, Spiriferella mugunica, Spiriferella nepalensis, Spiriferella orientensis, Spiriferella ovata, Spiriferella persaranae, Spiriferella personata, Spiriferella primaeva, Spiriferella propria, Spiriferella pseudodraschei, Spiriferella pseudotibetana, Spiriferella rajah, Spiriferella salteri, Spiriferella saranae, Spiriferella scobina, Spiriferella scobinoidea, Spiriferella scopulosus, Spiriferella simplex, Spiriferella sinica, Spiriferella subsalteri, Spiriferella sulcifer, Spiriferella supplanta, Spiriferella tetralobata, Spiriferella turusica, Spiriferella unicostata, Spiriferella vaskovskii, Spiriferella vojnowskii, Spiriferella wangi, Spiriferella wimanni, Spiriferella yukonensis

Type specimens:

• Spiriferella keilhavii: Its type locality is Mount Misery, Bjornoya, which is in a Sakmarian carbonate limestone in the Hambergfjellet Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
• Spirifer draschei:
• Spirifer wilczecki:

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell 50.0 x 45.2, valve 38.9 x 40.4