{"id":3368,"date":"2013-12-14T17:59:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-14T22:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/?page_id=3368"},"modified":"2016-09-28T22:47:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T02:47:06","slug":"cornulites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ordovicianatlas.org\/atlas\/mollusca\/tentaculita-2\/cornulitidae\/cornulites\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornulites<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Classification<\/strong>
\nPhylum: Mollusca <\/a>
\nClass: Tentaculita <\/a>
\nFamily: Cornulitidae <\/a>
\nGenus: Cornulites<\/em> von Schlotheim, 1820
\nCincinnatian Species: Cornulites corragatus<\/a><\/em>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Geologic Range<\/strong>
\nMiddle Ordovician – Middle Devonian, ?Mississippian<\/p>\n

Common Paleoecology<\/strong>
\nCornulites<\/em> is an extinct genus of stationary epifaunal suspension feeders.<\/p>\n

Identification in Hand Sample<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

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  • Solitary animal inhabiting one long tube.<\/li>\n
  • Promint external rings in adult stages and longitudinal striae in gerontic forms.<\/li>\n
  • Thick cellular walls.<\/li>\n
  • Tubes up to 80mm in length and 20 mm at aperture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
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    Geographic Occurrences<\/strong><\/p>\n

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