Latouchella huangshandongensis 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 jacobinica, Latouchella memorabilis, Latouchella orientalis, Latouchella ostenfeldense, Latouchella sanxiaensis, Uncinaspira squamosa, Archaeospira avalonensis, Hubeispira nitida, Cambroconus minimus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi 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:

• Cambrian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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