Helcionella tianzhushanensis Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270

Belongs to Helcionella according to W. Yü 1979

Sister taxa: Helcionella antiqua, Helcionella antiqua, Helcionella aspera, Helcionella capula, Helcionella explanata, Helcionella histosia, Helcionella kunyangensis, Helcionella lemdadensis, Helcionella pricei, Helcionella radiata, Helcionella sidingshanensis, Helcionella subrugosa, Helcionella waageni, Helcionella xinjiangensis, Helcionella yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, which is in a Tommotian carbonate phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang

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