Carinopelta Parkhaev 2013 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae

Invalid subtaxa: Igarkiella Vasil’yeva 1998 [replaced name], Trilobella Vassiljeva 1990 [replaced name]

Full reference: P. Y.u. Parkhaev. 2013. Carinopelta nom. nov. and Carinopeltidae nom. nov. - New substitute names for a genus and family of Cambrian gastropods. Paleontological Journal 47(4):454-454

Parent taxon: Carinopeltidae according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2013

See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Parkhaev 2002, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010 and Vassiljeva 1990

Sister taxa: Gonamella, Mastakhella, Protoconus, Squamiconus

Subtaxa: Carinopelta carinata Carinopelta mirabilis

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Type: Trilobella levis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections), China (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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