Tryblidium reticulatum

Tryblidium reticulatum
Temporal range:
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
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

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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  1. ^ 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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