Spirorbis sp.


ISM 14936
coin = 19mm (~0.75 in.)

The small spirals on this leaf are Spirorbis. A polychaete worm made and lived in these small, solitary, coiled tubes.

The tubes are usually attached to some object. In the case of these tubes, they are attached to a sphenopterid frond fragment.


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