Watsonella crosbyi Grabau 1900 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Stenothecidae

Synonyms: Heraultia sibirica Missarzhevsky 1974, Heraultia varensalensis Cobbold 1935, Heraultipegma varensalensis Cobbold 1935, Heraultipegma yunnanensis He and Yang 1982, Watsonella sibirica Missarzhevsky 1974, Watsonella varensalense Cobbold 1935, Watsonella yunnanensis He and Yang 1982

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1900. Palaeontology of the Cambrian terranes of the Boston Basin. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 4:601-694

Belongs to Watsonella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cobbold 1935, Grabau 1900, Gubanov et al. 1999, He and Yang 1982, Kouchinsky 1999, Kouchinsky et al. 2017, Landing 1988, Landing 1989, Landing et al. 1989, Li et al. 2011, Missarzhevsky 1974, Parkhaev 2001 and Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Sister taxon: Watsonella terranovica

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (20: Newfoundland and Labrador), China (36), the Russian Federation (13), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1), United States (1: Massachusetts)

• Placentian of United States (1: Massachusetts)

Total: 75 collections each including a single occurrence

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