Purella atypica Missarzhevsky 1980

Purella - Maikhanellidae

Alternative combination: Rozanoviella atypica

Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1980. Early Cambrian mongolian hyolitha and gastropoda. Paleontological Journal 15(1):18-25

Belongs to Purella according to L. Devaere et al. 2013

See also Missarzhevsky 1980

Sister taxa: Purella antiqua, Purella arcana, Purella cristata, Purella gracilis, Purella insueta, Purella layracensis, Purella squamulosa, Maikhanella multa, Maikhanella lepidites

Type specimen: GIN 4297/17, a shell. Its type locality is Sample 141, Salany-Gol River, which is in an Atdabanian marine horizon in the Salany-Gol Formation of Mongolia.

Distribution: found only at Sample 135, Salany-Gol River

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