Coralloconchus

Coralloconchus
Temporal range: Silurian(Vinn and Mõtus, 2008)
Coralloconchus bragensis in Heliolites sp., Upper Ludlow, Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
incertae sedis
Class:
Tentaculita†
Order:
Cornulitida†
Family:
Cornulitidae†
Genus:
Coralloconchus†

Vinn and Mõtus, 2008

Coralloconchus is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms with small, slender, irregularly curved conical tubes with slowly increasing diameter. Tubes have thin walls and a smooth lumen. Tube wall has a lamellar microstructure. Tubes are devoid of septa and vesicles in the adult part and are not spirally coiled.[1]

  1. ^ Vinn, O.; Mõtus, M.-A. (2008). "The earliest endosymbiotic mineralized tubeworms from the Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (2): 409–414. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..409V. doi:10.1666/07-056.1. S2CID 131651974. Retrieved 2012-11-20.