Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Full reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364
Belongs to Hyolithellus according to D. I. Gravestock et al. 2001
See also Bengtson et al. 1990
Sister taxa: Hyolithellus decorus, Hyolithellus grandis, Hyolithellus insolitus, Hyolithellus isiticus, Hyolithellus micans, Hyolithellus papillatus, Hyolithellus rectus, Hyolithellus sinuosus, Hyolithellus tenuis, Hyolithellus vitricus, Hyolithellus vladimirovae, Rhabdochites scissus
Type specimen: SAMP30804, a shell. Its type locality is L1846, L1763B, NMVPL78 - Curramulka Quarry, which is in an Atdabanian carbonate limestone in the Parara Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (17), Italy (1)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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