[Rockhounds] ‘Alien goldfish’ (Typhloesus wellsi) may have been a pelagic gastropod

[Paul]

‘Alien goldfish’ may have been unique mollusc, say scientists
Nicola Davis, The Guardian, September 22, 2022
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/sep/21/typhloesus-wellsi-alien-goldfish-mystery-mollusc-scientists

New clue found in 'alien goldfish' suggests it may have been a mollusk
by Bob Yirka , Phys.org
https://phys.org/news/2022-09-clue-alien-goldfish-mollusk.html

The open access paper is:

Conway Morris, S. and Caron, J.B., 2022. A possible home for
a bizarre Carboniferous animal: is Typhloesus a pelagic gastropod?.
Biology Letters, 18(9), p.20220179.
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0179

Another paper:

Conway Morris, S., 1990. Typhloesus wellsi (Melton and Scott,
1973), a bizarre metazoan from the Carboniferous of Montana,
US A. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of
London. B, Biological Sciences, 327(1242), pp.595-624.

Yours,

Paul H.