Apoptopegma joyceae Smith et al. 2020 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae

Full reference: P. M. Smith, G. A. Brock, and J. R. Paterson. 2020. Shelly fauna from the Cambrian (Miaolingian, Guzhangian) Shannon Formation and the SPICE event in the Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory. Alcheringa 44(1):1-24

Belongs to Apoptopegma according to P. M. Smith et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Apoptopegma craddocki, Apoptopegma dickinsi

Type specimen: CPC43850, a shell. Its type locality is GOYWEST Section. 109.2, which is in a Mindyallan carbonate dolomite/limestone in the Shannon Formation of Australia.

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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