Siphonoconcha - Tianzhushanelliformes - Tianzhushanellidae
Full reference: S. Bengtson, S. Conway Morris, B. J. Cooper, P. A. Jell, and B. N. Runnegar. 1990. Early Cambrian fossils from South Australia. Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 9:1-364
Parent taxon: Tianzhushanellidae according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2001
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Parkhaev 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aroonia, Tianzhushanella
Subtaxa: Apistoconcha apheles Apistoconcha celsa Apistoconcha praesiphonalis Apistoconcha siphonalis
Type: Apistoconcha apheles
Ecology: suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (22 collections), China (2), Greenland (2), Turkey (1)
Total: 27 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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