WoRMS taxon details
Tentaculitida †
1298361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1298361)
Ljaschenko, 1955
accepted
Order
fossil only
Walcott C.D. (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. <em>United States Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 30: 1-365. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Tentaculitida †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298361 on 2025-03-30
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Nomenclature
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Walcott C.D. (1886). Second contribution to the studies on the Cambrian faunas of North America. <em>United States Geological Survey Bulletin.</em> 30: 1-365. [details]
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Classification A number of authors have suggested that Cricoconarida / Tentaculita are an extinct class of Mollusca, but molluscan affnities are unlikely, given their shell morphology and microstructure (Ponder & Lindberg 2020: 55, 56). [details]
