Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Alternative combinations: Pelagiella transversa, Platyceras transversum
Synonyms: Platyceras cymbula Matthew 1899, Platyceras radiatum Matthew 1899
Full reference: G. F. Matthew. 1899. Preliminary notice of the Etcheminian fauna of Newfoundland. Bulletin of the Natural History Society of New Brunswick 4:189-197
Belongs to Bemella according to E. Landing et al. 1989
See also Lochman 1940 and Matthew 1899
Sister taxa: Bemella ambita, Bemella amplaperata, Bemella atava, 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 specimens:
- Bemella transversa: Its type locality is North shore of Smith Sound northeast of the village of Clarenville, which is in a Placentian carbonate limestone in the Fosters Point Formation of Canada
- Platyceras cymbula: Its type locality is North shore of Smith Sound northeast of the village of Clarenville, which is in a Placentian carbonate limestone in the Fosters Point Formation of Canada.
- Platyceras radiatum: Its type locality is North shore of Smith Sound northeast of the village of Clarenville, which is in a Placentian carbonate limestone in the Fosters Point Formation of Canada.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at North shore of Smith Sound northeast of the village of Clarenville
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