Latouchella sanxiaensis Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270

Belongs to Latouchella according to W. Yü 1979

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yangtzeconus priscus - Archaeospira ornata assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, which is in a Tommotian carbonate phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Yangtzeconus priscus - Archaeospira ornata assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang

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