Apistoconcha Bengtson et al. 1990

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

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Type: Apistoconcha apheles

Ecology: suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (22 collections), China (2), Greenland (2), Turkey (1)

Total: 27 collections including 47 occurrences

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