Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae
Alternative combinations: Bemella mirabilis, Igarkiella mirabilis
Synonyms: Carinopelta levis Vassiljeva 1990, Igarkiella levis Vassiljeva 1990, Trilobella levis Vassiljeva 1990
Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270
Belongs to Carinopelta according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2013
See also Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Vasil’yeva 1998 and Yü 1979
Sister taxon: Carinopelta carinata
Type specimens:
- Carinopelta mirabilis: Its type locality is Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, which is in a Tommotian carbonate phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China
- Carinopelta levis:
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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