Palaeoconchus
Prehistoric genus of molluscs
title: "Palaeoconchus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["enigmatic-protostome-taxa", "tentaculita", "ordovician-invertebrates", "silurian-animals", "devonian-animals", "late-devonian-animals", "devonian-animals-of-europe", "late-ordovician-first-appearances", "devonian-extinctions"] description: "Prehistoric genus of molluscs" topic_path: "general/enigmatic-protostome-taxa" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeoconchus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Prehistoric genus of molluscs ::
| image = Palaeoconchus minor.jpg | image_caption = Palaeoconchus minor Vinn, 2006 from Late Ordovician of Kõrgessaare, Hiiumaa, Estonia. | regnum = Animalia | phylum = incertae sedis | classis = Tentaculita† | ordo = Microconchida† | genus = Palaeoconchus† | genus_authority = Vinn, 2006 | subdivision = | subdivision_ranks =species Palaeoconchus is a genus of microconchid tubeworms. Their tubes have pseudopunctae penetrating the tube wall. Tubes lumen is smooth. Palaeoconchus occurs in the Late Ordovician of Baltica and Avalonia. In the Devonian it had a global distribution.{{cite journal | author = Vinn, O. | year = 2006 | title = Two new microconchid (Tentaculita Bouček 1964) genera from the Early Palaeozoic of Baltoscandia and England | journal = Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte | volume = 2006 | issue = 2 | pages = 89–100 | doi = 10.1127/njgpm/2006/2006/89 | url = | accessdate =
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