Sperifer sp.  Sowerby 1818

brachiopod

life-size model

Zoological classification

Phylum: Brachiopoda

Class: Rhynchonellata

Order: Speriferida

Familiy: Spiriferidae

Genus: Spirifer sp.

Further information

At their peak in the Paleozoic era, the brachiopods were among the most abundant filter-feeders and reef-builders in the sea, and occupied as well ecologigal niches. Brachiopod fossils have been useful indicators of climate changes during the Paleozoic.

Spirifer sp. attach to hard surfaces with its pedicle ("stalk"). It has a lophophore, a crown of tentacles whose cilia (fine hairs) create a water current that enables them to filter food particles out of the water.

Period

Silurian - Jurassic

Description of the model:

The models are made by using casted fossil original finds, found in Gerolstein (D), middle devonian side. We offer two models.

No.1: Spirifer sp. with open shells. Visible are the lophophor and the tentacles used by the animal to filter the water for food particles.

No.2: Spirifer sp. with closed shells

Dimension:

No.1: Spirifer sp. with open shells. Visible are the lophophor and the tentacles used by the animal to filter the water for food particles.

Width: 7.4 cm

Depth: 2.8 cm

Height: 2.3 cm with pedicle 3.1 cm

No.2: Spirifer sp. with closed shells

Width: 7.4 cm

Depth: 2.8 cm

Height: 2 cm with pedicle 3.1 cm

Price:

No.1: (small with open shells) 110,00 €

No.2: (large with closed shells).  278,00 €

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