†Kuamaia muricata Hou and Bergström 1997 (artiopod)
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Artiopoda - Helmetiida - Helmetiidae
Full reference: X. Hou and J. Bergström. 1997. Arthropods of the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna, southwest China. Fossils & Strata 45:1-116
Belongs to Kuamaia according to X. Hou and J. Bergström 1997
Sister taxon: Kuamaia lata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Maotianshan, unit M2, which is in an Atdabanian marginal marine mudstone in the Qiongzhusi Formation of China
Ecology: passively mobile epifaunal carnivore
Distribution: found only at Maotianshan, unit M2
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