†family Proplinidae Knight and Yochelson 1960 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight and E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Monoplacophora. Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1 I(1):77-84

Parent taxon: Tryblidioidea according to G.P. Wahlman 1992

See also Starobogatov 1970 and Stinchcomb and Angeli 2002

Sister taxa: Bipulvinidae, Drahomiridae, Neopilinidae, Tryblidiidae

Subtaxa: Irondalia Potosiplina Titanoplina Vallatotheca

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario), United States (5: Kentucky, Missouri)

• Tremadoc of United States (2: Missouri)

• Solvan of Australia (1)

• Cambrian of United States (3: Missouri)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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