Torellella guizhouensis Qian and Yin 1984

Hyolithelminthida - Torellellidae

Full reference: Y. Qian and G. Yin. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the lowest Cambrian in Guizhou. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:91-124

Belongs to Torellella according to Y. Qian and G. Yin 1984

Sister taxa: Torellella biconvexa, Torellella curva, Torellella explicata, Torellella laevigata, Torellella lentiformis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xinhua Phosphorite Mine, which is in a Meishucunian marine phosphorite/dolomite in the Gezhongwu Formation of China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Xinhua Phosphorite Mine

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