Archinacella instabilis Billings 1865 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Archinacellida - Archinacellidae

Alternative combination: Metoptoma instabilis

Full reference: E. Billings. 1865. Palaeozoic fossils, volume 1. Geological Survey of Canada 1-426

Belongs to Archinacella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Rohr et al. 2008 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Archinacella alta, Archinacella approximans, Archinacella arca, Archinacella beloitensis, Archinacella cingulata, Archinacella clochensis, Archinacella davisi, Archinacella deformata, Archinacella deleta, Archinacella depressa, Archinacella elevata, Archinacella estella, Archinacella explanata, Archinacella indianensis, Archinacella kagawongensis, Archinacella laevis, Archinacella magna, Archinacella melissa, Archinacella norwegica, Archinacella parva, Archinacella patelliformis, Archinacella perovalis, Archinacella pileolum, Archinacella powersi, Archinacella prendergasti, Archinacella proprius, Archinacella pulaskiensis, Archinacella rostrata, Archinacella rotunda, Archinacella rugatina, Archinacella semicarinata, Archinacella simplex, Archinacella simulatrix, Archinacella stoermeri, Archinacella subcarinata, Archinacella subglobosa, Archinacella subrotunda, Archinacella trentonensis, Archinacella valida, Archinacella wanwanensis

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at 96R-3, Table Point ( of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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