MolluscaBase 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. (2024). MolluscaBase. Tentaculitida †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1298361 on 2024-11-21
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original description
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]
From editor or global species database
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]
