Figurina groenlandica Skovsted 2004 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: C. B. Skovsted. 2004. Mollusc fauna of the Early Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 51(1):11-37

Belongs to Figurina according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Skovsted 2004

Sister taxa: Figurina capitata, Figurina figurina, Figurina polaris

Type specimen: Its type locality is GGU 314835 - Albert Heim Bjerge, which is in a Dyeran carbonate limestone in the Bastion Formation of Greenland

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Greenland (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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