Rank Genus | Phylum incertae sedis | |
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Similar Microconchida, Tentaculita, Tentaculites, Spirorbis, Serpulidae |
Helicoconchus is a microconchid genus that occurs in the Lower Permian of Texas. It forms small reef-like bodies of tubes branching from a common origin. The impunctate tubes are greatly elongated for microconchids and have occasional diaphragms with central pits. The tubes branch in two ways: budding from the tube wall and binary fission. They lived in shallow, normal marine environments.
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