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Annuliconchus

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Extinct genus of animals

Annuliconchus
Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Annuliconchus siluricus (Eichwald, 1860) from Eke Formation, Ludlow, Lau, Gotland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: Tentaculita
Order: Microconchida
Genus: Annuliconchus
Vinn, 2006

Annuliconchus is a genus of microconchid tubeworms. Their tubes have pseudopunctae penetrating the tube wall. Tubes lumen is annulated. Annuliconchus occurs in the Silurian of Baltica.

References

  1. ^ Vinn, O. (2006). "Two new microconchid (Tentaculita Bouček 1964) genera from the Early Palaeozoic of Baltoscandia and England". Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte. 2006 (2): 89–100. doi:10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/89.
Taxon identifiers
Annuliconchus
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