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Coralloconchus

Coralloconchus is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms with small, slender, irregularly curved conical tubes with slowly increasing diameter. Tubes have thin walls and a smooth lumen. Tube wall has a lamellar microstructure. Tubes are devoid of septa and vesicles in the adult part and are not spirally coiled.

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Jun 16, 2026
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Coralloconchus
Temporal range:
Coralloconchus bragensis in Heliolites sp., Upper Ludlow, Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Tentaculita
Order: Cornulitida
Family: Cornulitidae
Genus: Coralloconchus
Vinn and Mõtus, 2008

Coralloconchus is a genus of cornulitid tubeworms with small, slender, irregularly curved conical tubes with slowly increasing diameter. Tubes have thin walls and a smooth lumen. Tube wall has a lamellar microstructure. Tubes are devoid of septa and vesicles in the adult part and are not spirally coiled.1

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  1. Vinn, O.; Mõtus, M.-A. (2008). "The earliest endosymbiotic mineralized tubeworms from the Silurian of Podolia, Ukraine". Journal of Paleontology. 82 (2): 409–414. Bibcode:2008JPal...82..409V. doi:10.1666/07-056.1. S2CID 131651974. Retrieved 2012-11-20.
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