Alternative combinations: Hyolithes (Orthotheca) communis, Hyolithes communis, Insolithotheca communis, Insolutotheca communis, Nitoricornus communis
Synonyms: Hyolithes impar Ford 1872, Insolitotheca impar Ford 1872, Nitoricornus impar Ford 1872
Full reference: E. Billings. 1872. On some new species of Palaeozoic fossils. The Canadian Naturalist 6:213-222
Belongs to Insolitotheca according to E. Landing and K.E. Bartowski 1996
See also Billings 1872, Ford 1872, Landing and Bartowski 1997, Landing et al. 2002, Malinky 1989 and Poulsen 1932
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec collections), United States (8: New York, Vermont)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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