Ribeiria

Extinct genus of molluscs

Not to be confused with Ribeiroia.

Ribeiria

Temporal range: Mid Cambrian–Silurian[1]

PreꞒ

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | †Rostroconchia
Order:  | †Ribeirioida
Genus:  | †Ribeiria
Sharpe, 1853
Species

* R. junior Runnegar, 1996

Ribeiria is a genus of rostroconch mollusc with a pegma, once interpreted as an intermediate between helcionellids (such as Anabarella and Latouchella) and primitive scaphopods (such as Pinnocaris).[2]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Woodward, Samuel Peckworth; Tate, Ralph (1868). A manual of the Mollusca: being a treatise on recent and fossil shells.
2. ^ Peel, J. S. (1991). "Functional Morphology of the Class Helcionelloida Nov., and the Early Evolution of the Mollusca". In Simonetta, A. M.; Conway Morris, S (eds.). The Early Evolution of Metazoa and the Significance of Problematic Taxa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 157–177. ISBN 978-0-521-40242-2.

Taxon identifiers

Ribeiria|

* Wikidata: Q7322303
* GBIF: 4620726
* IRMNG: 1094264
* Open Tree of Life: 4968909
* Paleobiology Database: 8141
* WoRMS: 1423317

This prehistoric mollusc article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template