Sulcavitus caelatus Holm 1893

Hyolitha - Hyolithida - Sulcavitidae

Alternative combination: Hyolithus caelatus

Full reference: G. Holm. 1893. Sveriges kambrisk-siluriska Hyolithdae och Conularidae. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning, Afhandlingar och Uppsatser C 112:1-172

Belongs to Sulcavitus according to J. M. Malinky 2002

See also Holm 1893 and Syssoiev 1958

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SGU 5180. Its type locality is Hälludden, Lower Asaphus Lst., which is in a Kunda marine limestone in the Öland C Formation of Sweden.

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hälludden, Lower Asaphus Lst.

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