Bemella atava He 1984 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Alternative combination: Sichuanospira atava

Full reference: T. G. He. 1984. Discovery of Lapworthella bella assemblage from Lower Cambrian Meishucun stage in Niuniuzhai, Leibo County, Sichuan Province. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:23-34

Belongs to Bemella according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010

See also He 1984

Sister taxa: Bemella ambita, Bemella amplaperata, Bemella barskovae, Bemella bella, Bemella communis, Bemella flexa, Bemella incomparabilis, Bemella jacutica, Bemella malycanica, Bemella minuta, Bemella multicarinata, Bemella parula, Bemella rotundata, Bemella septata, Bemella villemsonae, Bemella vonbitteri, Bemella xinjiensis, Sacciconus yanjiaheensis, Kalbyella poulseni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Niuniuzhai, which is in a Meishucunian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Niuniuzhai

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