Gyrocystis barrandei Munier-Chalmas et al. 1889

Cincta - Gyrocystidae

Belongs to Gyrocystis according to R. Schroeder 1973

Sister taxa: Gyrocystis badulesiensis, Gyrocystis cruzae, Gyrocystis erecta, Gyrocystis platessa, Gyrocystis testudiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is La route de Coulouma รจ Saint-Jean-Minervois, which is in a Cambrian marine shale in the Nivel E Formation of France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gyrocystis barrandei in the database

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