Hubeispira nitida Yu 1981 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: W. Yu. 1981. New earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from W. Hubei and E. Yunnan. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 20(6):552-556

Belongs to Hubeispira according to W. Yu 1981

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tianzhushan, upper bed, which is in a Meishucunian marine phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Tianzhushan, upper bed

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