†family Turrilepadidae Clark 1896 (scale worm)

Polychaeta - Cuniculepadida - Turrilepadidae

Parent taxon: Cuniculepadida according to L. A. Parry et al. 2019

See also Adrain 1992 and Adrain et al. 1995

Sister taxon: Lepidocoleidae

Subtaxa: Turrilepas

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of United States (3: Indiana, Oklahoma collections)

• Devonian of Canada (1: Yukon)

• Silurian of Australia (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Alaska)

• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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