Sinuella Knight 1947 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1947. Some new Cambrian bellerophont gastropods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 106(17):1-11

Parent taxon: Cyrtolitidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carcassonnellinae, Cloudia, Cyclocyrtonella, Cyrtolites, Cyrtonellopsis, Kolihadiscus, Neocyrtolites, Paracyrtolites, Quasisinuites, Sinuitopsina, Sinuitopsis, Telamocornu, Yochelsonellis

Subtaxa: Sinuella minuta Sinuella vaticina

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (4: Montana, Texas, Utah)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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