Spiriferida
Spiriferida (spiriferids; class Articulata) Order of Brachiopoda, whose members have spiral brachidia, punctate or impunctate biconvex shells, and a large body cavity. They first appeared in the Middle Ordovician, and are last known from the Lower Jurassic.
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Spiriferida