Tachillanella Horný 1997 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Carcassonnellidae

Full reference: R. J. Horný. 1997. Ordovician Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco). Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 53(3-4):37-78

Parent taxon: Carcassonnellidae according to R. J. Horný and V. Vonka 2001

See also Horný 1997

Sister taxa: Baltiscanella, Carcassonnella, Sarkanella

Subtaxa: Tachillanella tafilaltensis

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Type: Tachillanella tafilaltensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Destombes Loc. 1320. East of Khabt el Hejar (E of Erfoud, Tafilalt) 630 x 92.5 (Ordovician of Morocco)

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