Lejopyge elegans Tullberg 1880 (artiopod)

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae

Alternative combinations: Agnostus elegans, Ptychagnostus (Triplagnostus) elegans

Belongs to Lejopyge according to R. A. Robison 1994

See also Tullberg 1880 and WestergÄrd 1946

Sister taxa: Lejopyge acantha, Lejopyge armata, Lejopyge barrandei, Lejopyge cos, Lejopyge laevigatus, Lejopyge multifora, Lejopyge rigbyi, Lejopyge sinensis

Ecology: slow-moving epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Sweden (1 collection), United States (1: New York)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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