Torellella Holm 1893

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae

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

Parent taxon: Torellellidae according to G. A. Brock and B.J. Cooper 1993

See also Fisher 1962, Holm 1893, Rozanov et al. 1969, Sepkoski 2002 and Skovsted 2006

Sister taxa: Annelitellus, Ruchtonia, Rushtonia

Subtaxa: Torellella biconvexa Torellella curva Torellella explicata Torellella guizhouensis Torellella laevigata Torellella lentiformis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Sweden (1 collection)

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1), Australia (26), Canada (15: New Brunswick, Nova Scotia), China (5), Estonia (4), France (2), Greenland (8), Kazakhstan (10), Kyrgyzstan (5), Mongolia (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (38), Spain (5), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Massachusetts)

• Placentian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), United States (8: Massachusetts)

Total: 143 collections including 162 occurrences

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