Coralloconchus

Coralloconchus
Temporal range:
Coralloconchus bragensis in Heliolites sp., Upper Ludlow, Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
incertae sedis
Class:
Tentaculita
Order:
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.

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