Hyolithida
| Hyolithida Temporal range: Early Cambrian – Upper Permian[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca (?) |
| Class: | †Hyolitha |
| Order: | †Hyolithida Sussoiev, 1957 |
The Hyolithida are molluscs, one of the two orders of hyolithid, the other being the Orthotheca. Most of our knowledge of the hyolithids comes from studies on the Hyolithida.[2] Both orders had an operculum that was not hinged to the conch. However, the Hyolithida are distinct from the Orthotheca in lacking additional paired, curved, whiskerlike appendages. The Hyolithida were probably bottom feeders living in shallow water, and had tentacules.[2]
References
- ↑ Malinky, J. M. (2009). "Permian Hyolithida from Australia: The Last of the Hyoliths?". Journal of Paleontology 83: 147–152. doi:10.1666/08-094R.1.
- 1 2 Marek, Ladislav and Yochelson, Ellis L. (1976). "Aspects of the biology of Hyolitha (Mollusca)". Lethaia 9 (1): 65–82. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1976.tb00952.x.
Further reading
- Malinky, John M. (1989). "New Early Paleozoic Hyolithida and Orthothecida (Hyolitha) from North America". Journal of Paleontology 63 (3): 302–319. JSTOR 1305500.
- Marek, Ladislav (1976). "On the ontogeny in Hyolithida". Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii 21 (3): 277–283.
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