Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae
Full reference: M. J. Vendrasco, S. M. Porter, A. Kouchinsky, G. Li, and C. Z. Fernandez. 2010. New data on molluscs and their shell microstructures from the Middle Cambrian Gowers Formation, Australia. Palaeontology 53(1):97-135
Belongs to Yochelcionella according to M. J. Vendrasco et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Yochelcionella aichalica, Yochelcionella americana, Yochelcionella angustiplicata, Yochelcionella chinensis, Yochelcionella crassa, Yochelcionella cyrano, Yochelcionella daleki, Yochelcionella erecta, Yochelcionella gracilis, Yochelcionella greenlandica, Yochelcionella ostentata, Yochelcionella pelmani, Yochelcionella saginata, Yochelcionella stylifera
Type specimen: CPC 39760, a shell. Its type locality is Section 417, Georgina Basin, Thorntonia Area, which is in a Floran sand shoal lime mudstone in the Gowers Formation of Australia.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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