Ladatheca

Ladatheca is a genus of hyolith that closely resembles Turcutheca.[1] It has a straight conch with a smooth internal surface, and is found with what may be its operculum.[2]

Ladatheca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Class: Hyolitha
Order: Hyolithida
Family: Hyolithidae
Genus: Ladatheca

References

  1. Dzik, J. (2010). "Brachiopod Identity of the Alleged Monoplacophoran Ancestors of Cephalopods". Malacologia. 52 (1): 97–113. doi:10.4002/040.052.0107.
  2. Jerzy Dzik (1994). "Evolution of 'small shelly fossils' assemblages of the Early Paleozoic". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 39 (3): 247–313.
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