Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Rugaeconidae

Alternative combinations: Latouchella merino, Trenella merino

Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138

Belongs to Dorispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Geyer 1994, Gubanov et al. 2004, Parkhaev 2002, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Peel and Yochelson 1987 and Runnegar and Jell 1976

Sister taxa: Dorispira aliciae, Dorispira aperta, Dorispira arguta, Dorispira burlingi, Dorispira comma, Dorispira holmdalense, Dorispira lauta, Dorispira pearylandica, Dorispira penecyrano, Dorispira pocatelloensis, Dorispira terraustralis

Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.