Latouchella orientalis Walcott 1905 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Alternative combinations: Helcionella rugosa orientalis, Stenotheca rugosa orientalis

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1905. Cambrian faunas of China. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 29:1-106

Belongs to Latouchella according to S. Bengtson et al. 1990

See also MacKinnon 1985, Walcott 1905 and Walcott 1913

Sister taxa: Latouchella accordionata, Latouchella adunca, Latouchella arcuata, Latouchella costata, Latouchella dimicostata, Latouchella gobiica, Latouchella huangshandongensis, Latouchella jacobinica, Latouchella memorabilis, Latouchella ostenfeldense, Latouchella sanxiaensis, Hubeispira nitida, Archaeospira avalonensis, Cambroconus minimus, Uncinaspira squamosa

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (1 collection), New Zealand (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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