Protoconchioides virginica Resser 1938 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Tryblidiida - Protoconchoididae

Alternative combinations: Scenella (Protoconchioides) virginica, Scenella virginica

Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Fourth contribution to nomenclature of Cambrian fossils. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 91(10):1-43

Belongs to Protoconchioides according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Geyer 1994, Resser 1938 and Shaw 1962

Sister taxa: Protoconchioides conula, Protoconchioides douli, Protoconchioides hermitensis, Protoconchioides rasettii, Protoconchioides varians, Scenella (Protoconchioides) palmeri

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at 23j. 1 mile northeast of Austinville, Max Meadows Quadrangle ( of Virginia)

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