Haplophrentis is a genus of tiny shelled hyolithid which lived in the Cambrian Period.
Its shell was long and conical, with the open end protected by an operculum, from which two fleshy arms called helens protruded at the sides.
These arms served to elevate the opening of the shells above the sea floor, acting like stilts.
Haplophrentis is a genus of tiny shelled hyolithid which lived in the Cambrian Period. Its shell was long and conical, with the open end protected by an operculum, from which two fleshy arms called helens protruded at the sides. These arms served to elevate the opening of the shells above the sea floor, acting like stilts.
Haplophrentis