Torifera Wolfart 1974 (trilobite)

Trilobita - Trinucleida - Alsataspididae

Synonym: Xiangia Peng 1987

Parent taxon: Alsataspididae according to S. Peng et al. 2009

See also Peng et al. 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Araiopleura, Clavatellus, Falanaspis, Gaoloupingia, Hapalopleuridae, Jegorovaia, Jegorovaiidae, Joshuaspis, Macharia, Orometopidae, Orometopus, Pagometopus, Palquiella, Rhadinopleura, Seleneceme, Skljarella, Spirantyx, Yumenaspis, Zacompsus

Subtaxa: Torifera abrupta Torifera jelli Torifera paraconvexa Torifera taoyuanensis Torifera tuma

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Ecology: fast-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (19 collections), India (3)

Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences

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