Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Pollicinidae
Alternative combination: Cyrtolithes corniculum
Full reference: E. d'Eichwald. 1860. Lethaea rossica ou paléontologie de la Russie. Premier Volume. Seconde section de l'ancienne Période 1-1657
Belongs to Pollicina according to D. E. Evans and J.C.W. Cope 2003
See also d'Eichwald 1860, Holzapfel 1895 and Kisselev 1994
Sister taxa: Pollicina annulata, Pollicina cyathina
Type specimen: Museum of the Department of Historical Geology, St. Petersburg University, E. Eichwald collection no. 4/22 (lectotype), a shell. Its type locality is Pulkovo, Asaphus raniceps, which is in a Kunda carbonate wackestone/packstone in the Russian Federation.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Ordovician of the Russian Federation (1 collection), the United Kingdom (8)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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