Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Alternative combination: Costipelagiella nevadense
Full reference: C. B. Skovsted. 2006. Small shelly fossils from the basal Emigrant Formation (Cambrian, uppermost Dyeran Stage) of Split Mountain, Nevada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 43(4):487-496
Belongs to Pelagiella according to A. Kouchinsky et al. 2011
See also Skovsted 2006
Sister taxa: Pelagiella adunca, Pelagiella asymmetrica, Pelagiella atlantoides, Pelagiella atlasensis, Pelagiella bentica, Pelagiella broeggeri, Pelagiella corinthiana, Pelagiella crassa, Pelagiella deltoides, Pelagiella escayachensis, Pelagiella exigua, Pelagiella lorenzi, Pelagiella madianensis, Pelagiella mareki, Pelagiella primaeva, Pelagiella serpentis, Pelagiella subangulata, Protoscaevogyra reversa, Costipelagiella kochi, Costipelagiella zazvorkai
Type specimen: USNM 530271, a shell. Its type locality is CS990917-01, which is in a Dyeran offshore shelf limestone in the Emigrant Formation of Nevada.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of United States (4: Nevada collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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