Quasisinuites Horný 1997 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Full reference: R. J. Horný. 1997. Quasisininuites rapax gen. et sp. n., a new Ordovician sinuate cyrtonellid mollusc (Class Tergomya) with involute shell from Morocco. Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey 73(4):345-350

Parent taxon: Cyrtolitidae according to R. J. Horný 1997

Sister taxa: Carcassonnellinae, Cloudia, Cyclocyrtonella, Cyrtolites, Cyrtonellopsis, Kolihadiscus, Neocyrtolites, Paracyrtolites, Sinuella, Sinuitopsina, Sinuitopsis, Telamocornu, Yochelsonellis

Subtaxa: Quasisinuites rapax

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Type: Quasisinuites rapax

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Dobrotivian of Morocco (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Morocco (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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