Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Alternative combination: Papilloconus explanatus
Full reference: W. M. Feng, W. G. Sun, and Y. Qian. 2000. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophora in northeastern Yunnan with some new genera and species. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 17:365-377
Belongs to Helcionella according to Demidenko and Parkhaev 2006
See also Feng et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Helcionella antiqua, Helcionella aspera, Helcionella capula, Helcionella histosia, Helcionella kunyangensis, Helcionella lemdadensis, Helcionella pricei, Helcionella radiata, Helcionella sidingshanensis, Helcionella subrugosa, Helcionella tianzhushanensis, Helcionella waageni, Helcionella xinjiangensis, Helcionella yunnanensis
Type specimen: NIGP 132055, a shell. Its type locality is Yulu, Huize, which is in a Meishucunian/Nemakit-Daldynian marine phosphorite in the Zhujiaqing Formation of China.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (6 collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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