Tryblidium thorsteinssoni Boucot 1975 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae

Full reference: A. J. Boucot. 1975. Tryblidium thorsteinssoni; first North American occurrence of the Silurian monoplacophoran genus. Bulletin of the Geological Survey of Canada 235:1-4

Belongs to Tryblidium according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Boucot 1975 and Peel 1977

Sister taxa: Tryblidium (Pilina), Tryblidium arctica, Tryblidium erato, Tryblidium eubule, Tryblidium exserta, Tryblidium hyrie, Tryblidium modestum, Tryblidium niobe, Tryblidium nycteis, Tryblidium ovale, Tryblidium ovatum, Tryblidium reticulatum, Tryblidium rugosum, Tryblidium simplex

Type specimen: Its type locality is Trilobite-Ostracode Fauna, Cape Phillips Fm. GSC C-22187, Baillie-Hamilton Is., which is in a Gorstian slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Trilobite-Ostracode Fauna, Cape Phillips Fm. GSC C-22187, Baillie-Hamilton Is.

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