# Punctaconchus

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{{Short description|Genus of molluscs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Mid Jurassic}}
| image = Punctaconchus ampliporus.jpg
| image_caption = ''Punctaconchus ampliporus'' Vinn and Taylor, 2007 from the Bathonian, White Limestone Formation, Foss Cross Quarry, [Gloucestershire](/source/Gloucestershire), UK.
| taxon = Punctaconchus
| authority = Vinn and Taylor, 2007
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
}}

'''''Punctaconchus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [microconchid](/source/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](/source/Jurassic) of England, France<ref name="VinnTaylor2007">{{cite journal|author=Vinn, O.|author2=Taylor, P.D.|year=2007|title=Microconchid tubeworms from the Jurassic of England and France|url=http://www.app.pan.pl/article/item/app52-391.html|journal=Acta Palaeontologica Polonica|volume=52|issue=2|pages=391–399|accessdate=2012-11-24}}</ref> and Poland.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Zatoń|first=M.|last2=Taylor|first2=P.D.|date=2009-12-31|title=Microconchids (Tentaculita) from the Middle Jurassic of Poland|url=http://www.geology.cz/bulletin/contents/art1167|journal=Bulletin of Geosciences|language=en|pages=653–660|doi=10.3140/bull.geosci.1167|issn=1802-8225|doi-access=free}}</ref>

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Category:Tentaculita
Category:Prehistoric animal genera
Category:Enigmatic protostome taxa
Category:Jurassic invertebrates
Category:Jurassic animals of Europe

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