Selkirkia fragilis Walcott 1911 (priapulid worm)

Archaeopriapulida - Selkirkiidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1911. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II: No.5--Middle Cambrian Annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(5):109-144

Belongs to Selkirkia according to C. D. Walcott 1911

See also Conway Morris and Robison 1988

Sister taxa: Selkirkia columbia, Selkirkia major

Type specimen: USNM 57626 (Tube)

Ecology: facultatively mobile semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Selkirkia fragilis in the database

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