Calvapilosa kroegeri Vinther et al. 2017 (mollusk)

Sachitida - Siphogonuchitidae

Full reference: J. Vinther, L. Parry, D. E. G. Briggs and P. Van Roy. 2017. Ancestral morphology of crown-group molluscs revealed by a new Ordovician stem aculiferan. Nature 542:471-474

Belongs to Calvapilosa according to J. Vinther et al. 2017

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: YPM 237255. Its type locality is Bou Zorgan, which is in a Tremadoc marine shale in the Lower Fezouata Formation of Morocco.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Morocco (1 collection)

• Tremadoc of Morocco (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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