Cycloconchoides Zhang 1980 (clam shrimp)

Branchiopoda - Diplostraca - Cycloconchoididae

Alternative spelling: Cycloconchioides

Full reference: R. -j. Zhang. 1980. On the earliest bivalve fauna - bivalves from Lower Cambrian Tianheban formation, Xianfeng, Hubei. Scientific Papers on Geology for International Exchange prepared for the 26th International Geological Congress. 4. Stratigraphy and Paleontology 121-129

Parent taxon: Cycloconchoididae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2010

See also Runnegar and Pojeta 1992 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Cycloconchoides elongatus Cycloconchoides venustus

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Ecology: slow-moving nektobenthic suspension feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Zhongbao, Xianfeng ( of China)

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