Arcitheca semigyra Duan 1984

Hyolitha - Orthothecida

Full reference: C. Duan. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Xihaoping Formation the Shennongjia district, Hubei Province - hyoliths and fossil skeletons of unknown affinities. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 7:141-188

Belongs to Arcitheca according to C. Duan 1984

Sister taxa: Actinotheca aphroditae, Actinotheca clathrata, Cupitheca hemicyclata, Cupitheca holocyclata, Cupittheca mira, Arcitheca gracilis, Arcitheca coarctata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Arcitheca semigyra in the database

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