Vallatotheca Foerste 1914 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Proplinidae

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1914. Notes on the Lorraine faunas of New York and the Province of Quebec. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 17(1):247-328

Parent taxon: Proplinidae according to G.P. Wahlman 1992

See also Knight and Yochelson 1960, Runnegar and Jell 1976, Sepkoski 2002 and Starobogatov 1970

Sister taxa: Irondalia, Potosiplina, Titanoplina

Subtaxa: Vallatotheca anticostiensis Vallatotheca elegantula Vallatotheca manitoulini Vallatotheca unguiformis

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Type: Vallatotheca manitoulini

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Ontario), United States (4: Kentucky)

• Cambrian of Australia (1)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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