Armilimax

Armilimax (meaning 'armoured slug') is an extinct genus of worm-like animal known from a single specimen from the Spence Shale. As such, its morphology is ambiguous; it bears a seemingly U-shaped gut and, at the opposite end of its body, a shell without an apex.[1] It has been tentatively interpreted as resembling Halkieria. Only one species is known: Armilimax pauljamisoni.

Armilimax
Temporal range: Wuliuan
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Genus: Armilimax
Species:
A. pauljamisoni
Binomial name
Armilimax pauljamisoni
Kimmig & Selden 2020

References

  1. Kimmig, Julien & Selden, Paul A. (2020), "A new shell-bearing organism from the Cambrian Spence Shale of Utah", Palaeoworld, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2020.05.003


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