Cassowarioides perryi Johnston and Chatterton 1983 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Pseudobigaleaidae

Synonym: Cassowarioides stelcki Johnston and Chatterton 1983

Full reference: D. I. Johnston and B. D. E. Chatterton. 1983. Some silicified Middle Silurian rostroconchs (Mollusca) from the Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 20:844-858

Belongs to Cassowarioides according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Johnston and Chatterton 1983 and Rogalla and Amler 2006

Sister taxa: Cassowarioides anisomorpha, Cassowarioides polgari, Cassowarioides whitei

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fauna j, Section AV4, Delorme Fm., Mackenzie Mts. ( of Northwest Territories)

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