Gonad pouches in a new clam-like monoplacophoran from the Silurian of Sweden
- 1 October 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scandinavian University Press / Universitetsforlaget AS in Lethaia
- Vol. 16 (4) , 273-280
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1502-3931.1983.tb01155.x
Abstract
BEYRICHIDISCUS fecundatus gen. et sp. nov. is described from the Upper Silurian of Gotland, Sweden. The minute, isostrophically coiled mollusk exhibits profound allometry and is considered to have been a monoplacophoran on the basis of functional interpretation of apertural structures. A clam-like, semi-infaunal mode of life is suggested. A pair of prominent lateral swellings in the adult shell are interpreted as reflecting the location of the gonads.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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