†family Torellellidae Holm 1893

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae

Full reference: G. Holm. 1893. Sveriges kambrisk-siluriska Hyolithdae och Conularidae. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Afhandlingar och Uppsatser C 112:1-172

Parent taxon: Hyolithelminthida according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010

See also Brock and Cooper 1993, Fisher 1962, Gravestock et al. 2001 and Skovsted 2006

Sister taxa: Beklemishevites, Byronia, Hyolithellidae, Ivanovites, Koksuja, Phosphannulus, Thorslundella, Torellelloides

Subtaxa: Annelitellus Ruchtonia Rushtonia Torellella

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Type: Torellella

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (26), Canada (15: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), China (20), Estonia (4), France (2), Greenland (8), Kazakhstan (10), Kyrgyzstan (5), Mongolia (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (39), Spain (5), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (3), United States (7: Massachusetts)

• Placentian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), United States (8: Massachusetts)

Total: 161 collections including 181 occurrences

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