Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Full reference: C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell. 1938. Lower Cambrian Olenellus zone of the Appalachians. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America 49:195-248
Belongs to Helcionella according to C. E. Resser and B. F. Howell 1938
Sister taxa: Helcionella antiqua, Helcionella aspera, Helcionella capula, Helcionella explanata, Helcionella histosia, Helcionella kunyangensis, Helcionella lemdadensis, Helcionella radiata, Helcionella sidingshanensis, Helcionella subrugosa, Helcionella tianzhushanensis, Helcionella waageni, Helcionella xinjiangensis, Helcionella yunnanensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM Loc. 12w. Fruitville, 3 miles north of Lancaster, which is in a Dyeran marine shale in the Kinzers Formation of Pennsylvania.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (3: Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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