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Cornulites

Cornulites
Temporal range: Mid Ordovician–Carboniferous
Cornulites cellulosus.jpg
Cornulites cellulosus from Wenlock of Saaremaa, Estonia.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca?
Class: Tentaculita
Order: Cornulitida
Family: Cornulitidae
Genus: Cornulites
Schlotheim, 1820

Cornulites is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms. Their shells have vesicular wall structure, and are both externally and internally annulated. They usually occur as encrusters on various shelly fossils. Their fossils are known from the Middle Ordovician to the Carboniferous.


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