Punctaconchus

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title: "Punctaconchus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["enigmatic-protostome-taxa", "tentaculita", "jurassic-invertebrates", "jurassic-animals-of-europe"] description: "Genus of molluscs" topic_path: "general/enigmatic-protostome-taxa" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punctaconchus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of molluscs ::

| image = Punctaconchus ampliporus.jpg | image_caption = Punctaconchus ampliporus Vinn and Taylor, 2007 from the Bathonian, White Limestone Formation, Foss Cross Quarry, Gloucestershire, UK. | regnum = Animalia | phylum = incertae sedis | classis = Tentaculita† | ordo = Microconchida† | genus = Punctaconchus† | genus_authority = Vinn and Taylor, 2007 | subdivision = | subdivision_ranks = species Punctaconchus is a genus of microconchid tubeworms. It was the last genus of microconchids, and the only genus to exist beyond the Triassic. Their tubes have large pores (punctae) penetrating the tube wall. Tubes lumen is covered by ripplemark−like transverse ridges. Punctaconchus occurs in the Middle Jurassic of England, France and Poland.

References

References

1. Vinn, O.. (2007). "Microconchid tubeworms from the Jurassic of England and France". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.
2. Zatoń, M.. (2009-12-31). "Microconchids (Tentaculita) from the Middle Jurassic of Poland". Bulletin of Geosciences.

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