Banffia Walcott 1911 (priapulid worm)

Archaeopriapulida - Ottoidae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1911. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology II: No.5--Middle Cambrian Annelids. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 57(5):109-144

Parent taxon: Ottoidae according to C. D. Walcott 1911

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Conway Morris et al. 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Ottoia

Subtaxa: Banffia constricta Banffia episoma

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Type: Banffia constricta

Ecology: facultatively mobile planktonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (1: British Columbia collection), China (3), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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