Rostroconchia - Ribeirioida - Ribeiriidae
Full reference: J. Pojeta, J. Gilbert-Tomlinson, and J.H. Shergold. 1977. Cambrian and Ordovician rostroconch molluscs from Northern Australia. Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 171:1-54
Parent taxon: Ribeiriidae according to J. Pojeta et al. 1977
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cymatopegma, Oepikila, Pinnocaris, Ptychopegma, Ribeirina, Wanwania
Subtaxa: Apoptopegma craddocki Apoptopegma dickinsi Apoptopegma joyceae
Type: Apoptopegma dickinsi
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (2), Australia (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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