Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Alternative combinations: Latouchella accordionata, Oelandiella accordionata, Trenella accordionata
Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138
Belongs to Dorispira according to Y. Oh et al. 2025
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Brock 1998, Gubanov et al. 2004, MacKinnon 1985, Parkhaev 2002, Peel 1988, Runnegar and Jell 1976 and Wagner 2023
Sister taxa: Dorispira aliciae, Dorispira aperta, Dorispira arguta, Dorispira burlingi, Dorispira comma, Dorispira holmdalense, Dorispira lauta, Dorispira merino, Dorispira pearylandica, Dorispira penecyrano, Dorispira pocatelloensis, Dorispira terraustralis, Dorispira tippik
Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in an Ordian carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (23 collections), New Zealand (1)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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