Tryblidium reticulatum

Tryblidium reticulatum
Temporal range: Silurian
Drawing of shells of Tryblidium reticulatum. Head region is on the left.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Monoplacophora
Order: Tryblidiida
Superfamily: Tryblidioidea
Family: Tryblidiidae
Genus: Tryblidium
Species: T. reticulatum
Binomial name
Tryblidium reticulatum
Lindström, 1880[1]

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 have been living in shallow water.

Shell description

Drawing of cross section of lateral view of the shell of Tryblidium reticulatum. Head region is on the left.

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.

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References

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