Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae
Alternative combinations: Helcionella arguta, Latouchella arguta
Full reference: C. E. Resser. 1939. The Ptarmigania strata of the northwestern Wasatch Mountains. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 98(24):1-72
Belongs to Dorispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Geyer 1994, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Peel 1988, Resser 1939 and Robison 1964
Sister taxa: Dorispira aliciae, Dorispira aperta, Dorispira burlingi, Dorispira comma, Dorispira holmdalense, Dorispira lauta, Dorispira merino, Dorispira pearylandica, Dorispira penecyrano, Dorispira pocatelloensis, Dorispira terraustralis
Type specimen: Its type locality is 54s - Near mouth of North side Two Mile Canyon, 2 miles se of Malad, Wasatch Mts, which is in a Menevian carbonate limestone in the Langston Formation of Idaho
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Marjumian of United States (1: Utah collection)
• Cambrian of United States (1: Idaho)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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