Spiriferina

Spiriferina Temporal range: Late Silurian - Middle Jurassic ~
Spiriferina rostrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Spiriferida
Suborder:	Spiriferinidina
Family:	Spiriferinidae
Genus:	Spiriferina D'Orbigny, 1847

Spiriferina is an extinct genus of brachiopods that lived from the Late Silurian to the Middle Jurassic in Asia, Europe, North America, South America, and New Zealand.

Species

The following species have been described:

• Spiriferina abichi
• Spiriferina alia
• Spiriferina betacalcis
• Spiriferina borealis
• Spiriferina cassiana
• Spiriferina coreyi
• Spiriferina elegantissima
• Spiriferina fortis
• Spiriferina homfrayi
• Spiriferina kiparisovae
• Spiriferina munsterii
• Spiriferina nicklesi
• Spiriferina panderi
• Spiriferina papillosa
• Spiriferina rostrata
• Spiriferina roundyi
• Spiriferina rupicola
• Spiriferina salomonensis
• Spiriferina slovenica
• Spiriferina subfragilis
• Spiriferina terebratuloides
• Spiriferina terzadica
• Spiriferina tornata
• Spiriferina toulai
• Spiriferina triplicata
• Spiriferina walcotti
• Spiriferina yukonensis

Further reading

• Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 89)