Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Belongs to Hyolithes according to J. M. Malinky 2006
See also Landing and Bartowski 1996
Sister taxa: Hyolithes (Pharetrella), Hyolithes aclis, Hyolithes aliger, Hyolithes americanus, Hyolithes amosi, Hyolithes aplatus, Hyolithes asteroideus, Hyolithes cariniferus, Hyolithes columbanus, Hyolithes conularioides, Hyolithes daphnis, Hyolithes delia, Hyolithes dorbignyi, Hyolithes endoi, Hyolithes exilis, Hyolithes fuchouensis, Hyolithes gibbosus, Hyolithes girvanensis, Hyolithes hathewayi, Hyolithes immemor, Hyolithes kuantungensis, Hyolithes mantouensis, Hyolithes minutissimus, Hyolithes multicinctus, Hyolithes multipunctatus, Hyolithes obesus, Hyolithes ornatellus, Hyolithes paishanensis, Hyolithes penkillensis, Hyolithes primordialis, Hyolithes sondai, Hyolithes sonora, Hyolithes tenuis, Hyolithes vanuxemi, Hyolithes wanneri, Hyolithus (Hyolithus), Hyolithus mimicus, Hyolithus pallidus, Theca richteri
Type specimen: PSU 1/909, a shell
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Hyolithes acutus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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