Biology:Hyolithida

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Short description: Extinct order of molluscs

Hyolithida
Temporal range: Early Cambrian – Upper Permian[1]
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Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Class: Hyolitha
Order: Hyolithida
Sussoiev, 1957
Families

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The Hyolithida are lophophorates, one of the two orders of hyolithid, the other being the Orthothecida. Most of our knowledge of the hyolithids comes from studies on the Hyolithida.[2] Both orders had an operculum that was not hinged to the conch. However, the Hyolithida are distinct from the Orthothecida in having additional paired, curved, whiskerlike appendages. The Hyolithida were probably bottom feeders living in shallow water, and had tentacules.[2]

References

  1. Malinky, J. M. (2009). "Permian Hyolithida from Australia: The Last of the Hyoliths?". Journal of Paleontology 83 (1): 147–152. doi:10.1666/08-094R.1. Bibcode2009JPal...83..147M. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Marek, Ladislav; Yochelson, Ellis L. (1976). "Aspects of the biology of Hyolitha (Mollusca)". Lethaia 9 (1): 65–82. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1976.tb00952.x. 

Further reading

  • Malinky, John M. (1989). "New Early Paleozoic Hyolithida and Orthothecida (Hyolitha) from North America". Journal of Paleontology 63 (3): 302–319. doi:10.1017/S0022336000019454. Bibcode1989JPal...63..302M. 
  • Marek, Ladislav (1976). "On the ontogeny in Hyolithida". Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii 21 (3): 277–283. 

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