Ginella granda Chen et al. 1981 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: M. Chen, Y. Chen, and S. Zhang. 1981. The small shelly fossil assemblage in the limestone of the uppermost part of the Dengying Formation at Songlingpo, Yichang. Journal of the Wuhan College of Geology, Earth Science 1:32-41

Belongs to Ginella according to M. Chen et al. 1981

Sister taxa: Ilsanella applanata, Ilsanella atdabanica, Ilsanella coreanicum, Ilsanella critica, Ilsanella diversa, Ilsanella enallaxa, Ilsanella galinae, Ilsanella historica, Ilsanella oblonga, Ilsanella orectus, Ilsanella paupera, Ilsanella plana, Ilsanella reticulata, Ilsanella rozanovi, Ilsanella savitskii, Ilsanella simplex, Ilsanella yorkensis, Ginella altaica, Ginella savitzkii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Songlinpo, lower beds, which is in a Meishucunian carbonate dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Songlinpo, lower beds

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