Latouchella sanxiaensis Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

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

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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