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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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