Helcionella pricei Resser and Howell 1938 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - 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 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

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