Protowenella lancaraensis Wotte 2006 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: T. Wotte. 2006. New Middle Cambrian mollucs from the Láncara Formation of the Cantabrian Mountains (north-western Spain). Revista Española de Paleontología 21(2):145-158

Belongs to Protowenella according to T. Wotte 2006

Sister taxa: Protowenella cobbensis, Protowenella flemingi, Protowenella huainanensis, Protowenella plena, Protowenella primaria

Type specimen: FG 544/BL/mmic/mol/p-1, a shell

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Protowenella lancaraensis in the database

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