Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Belongs to Pelagiella according to R. D. K. Thomas et al. 2020
See also Resser and Howell 1938
Sister taxa: Pelagiella adunca, Pelagiella asymmetrica, Pelagiella atlantoides, Pelagiella atlasensis, Pelagiella bentica, Pelagiella broeggeri, Pelagiella corinthiana, Pelagiella crassa, Pelagiella deltoides, Pelagiella escayachensis, Pelagiella lorenzi, Pelagiella madianensis, Pelagiella mareki, Pelagiella nevadense, Pelagiella primaeva, Pelagiella serpentis, Pelagiella subangulata, Costipelagiella zazvorkai, Costipelagiella kochi, Protoscaevogyra reversa
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM locality 22L, half mile south of East Petersburg, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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