Tryblidium nycteis Billings 1865 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Tryblidiidae

Alternative combination: Metoptoma nycteis

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

Belongs to Tryblidium according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1865, Twenhofel 1938, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Whiteaves 1884

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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at North side of Eskimo Island, Mingan Island Group (Ordovician of Quebec)

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