Latouchella orientalis Walcott 1905 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - 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 adunca, Latouchella arcuata, Latouchella costata, Latouchella dimicostata, Latouchella gobiica, Latouchella huangshandongensis, Latouchella jacobinica, Latouchella memorabilis, Latouchella ostenfeldense, Latouchella sanxiaensis, Archaeospira avalonensis, Uncinaspira squamosa, Hubeispira nitida, Cambroconus minimus

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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