Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae
Full reference: P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko. 2010. Zooproblematica and mollusca from the Lower Cambrian Meishucun section (Yunnan, China) and taxonomy and systematics of the Cambrian small shelly fossils of China. Paleontological Journal 44(8):883-1161
Parent taxon: Rugaeconidae according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010
Sister taxon: Xianfengella
Subtaxa: Dorispira aliciae Dorispira aperta Dorispira arguta Dorispira burlingi Dorispira comma Dorispira holmdalense Dorispira lauta Dorispira merino Dorispira pearylandica Dorispira penecyrano Dorispira pocatelloensis Dorispira terraustralis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), China (1), Germany (2), Greenland (6), Poland (2), United States (3: Idaho, Utah)
• Solvan of Australia (1), Morocco (3)
• Delamaran of United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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