Tryblidium reticulatum
Appearance
Tryblidium reticulatum Temporal range:
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Drawing of shells of Tryblidium reticulatum. Head region is on the left. | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Monoplacophora |
Order: | Tryblidiida |
Family: | †Tryblidiidae |
Genus: | †Tryblidium |
Species: | †T. reticulatum
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Binomial name | |
†Tryblidium reticulatum |
Tryblidium reticulatum is an extinct species of a paleozoic Silurian monoplacophoran.
This species have been discovered and originally described by Gustaf Lindström from Silurian of Gotland in Sweden in 1880.[1] It lived in shallow water.
Shell description
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The length of the shell is 43 mm, width 31 mm and the height of the shell is 10 mm.[1]
There are visible muscular attachment scars on the ventral view.
References
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- ^ a b c d (in Latin) Angelin N. P. & Lindström G. 1880. Fragmenta Silurica e dono Caroli Henrici Wegelin. Opus studio Nicolai Petri Angelin Inchoatum Jussu et Impensis Academiae Regiae Scientarum Suecicae. Samson & Wallin (Holmiae), 60 pp. Page 15, plate 10, figure 7-16; plate 19, figure 9-12.
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