Hyolithida

Hyolithida Temporal range: Early Cambrian – Upper Permian [1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Class:	† Hyolitha
Order:	† Hyolithida Sussoiev, 1957
Families
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The Hyolithida are lophotrochozoans, one of the two orders of hyoliths, the other being the Orthothecida. Most of our knowledge of the hyolithids comes from studies on the Hyolitha. ^[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, tusk-like appendages. The Hyolithida were probably bottom feeders living in shallow water, and had tentacules. ^[2]

Families

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• † Aimitidae Sysoiev, 1968
• † Aladracidae Geyer, 2017
• † Altaicornidae Sysoiev, 1970
• † Amydaicornidae Valkov, 1975
• † Angusticornidae Sysoiev, 1968
• † Australothecidae Malinky, 2009
• † Carinolithidae Marek in Valent, Fatka, Szabad & Vokáč, 2011
• † Crestjahitidae Sysoiev, 1968
• † Galicornidae Valkov, 1975
• † Hyolithidae Nicholson, 1872
• † Nelegerocornidae Meshkova, 1974
• † Notabilitidae Sysoiev, 1968
• † Pauxillitidae Marek, 1967
• † Pterygothecidae Sysoiev, 1958
• † Similothecidae Malinky, 1988
• † Trapezovitidae Valkov, 1975

References

1. Malinky, J. M. (2009). "Permian Hyolithida from Australia: The Last of the Hyoliths?". Journal of Paleontology. 83 (1): 147–152. Bibcode:2009JPal...83..147M. doi:10.1666/08-094R.1.
2. Marek, Ladislav; Yochelson, Ellis L. (1976). "Aspects of the biology of Hyolitha (Mollusca)". Lethaia. 9 (1): 65–82. Bibcode:1976Letha...9...65M. doi:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1976.tb00952.x.
3. "IRMNG - Hyolitha †". Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera . 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2026.

Further reading

• Malinky, John M. (1989). "New Early Paleozoic Hyolithida and Orthothecida (Hyolitha) from North America". Journal of Paleontology. 63 (3): 302–319. Bibcode:1989JPal...63..302M. doi:10.1017/S0022336000019454. JSTOR   1305500. S2CID   132877043.
• Marek, Ladislav (1976). "On the ontogeny in Hyolithida". Časopis pro mineralogii a geologii. 21 (3): 277–283.