Ladatheca

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Ladatheca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Hyolitha
Order: Hyolithida
Family: Hyolithidae
Genus: Ladatheca

Ladatheca is a genus of hyolith that closely resembles Turcutheca . [1] It has a straight conch with a smooth internal surface, and is found with what may be its operculum. [2]

References

  1. Dzik, J. (2010). "Brachiopod Identity of the Alleged Monoplacophoran Ancestors of Cephalopods" . Malacologia. 52 (1): 97–113. doi:10.4002/040.052.0107. S2CID   85622212.
  2. Jerzy Dzik (1994). "Evolution of 'small shelly fossils' assemblages of the Early Paleozoic". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 39 (3): 247–313.