Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Full reference: P. Chen. 1984. Discovery of Lower Cambrian small shelly fossils from Jijiapo, Yichang, west Hubei and its significance. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:49-64
Belongs to Sacciconus according to P. Chen 1984
Sister taxa: Bemella ambita, Bemella amplaperata, Bemella atava, Bemella barskovae, Bemella bella, Bemella communis, Bemella flexa, Bemella incomparabilis, Bemella jacutica, Bemella malycanica, Bemella minuta, Bemella multicarinata, Bemella parula, Bemella rotundata, Bemella septata, Bemella villemsonae, Bemella vonbitteri, Bemella xinjiensis, Kalbyella poulseni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Jijiapo, bed 7, which is in a Meishucunian deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Yanjiahe Formation of China
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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