Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Alternative combination: Ophileta subangulata
Synonym: Pelagiella emeishanensis Xing 1984
Full reference: R. Tate. 1892. The Cambrian fossils of South Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of Southern Australia 15:183-189
Belongs to Pelagiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Parkhaev 2001, Runnegar 1990, Skovsted 2004, Tate 1892, Wotte 2006 and Xing et al. 1984
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 primaeva, Pelagiella serpentis, Protoscaevogyra reversa
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (7 collections), Australia (50), China (2), Germany (1), Greenland (11), United States (1: Nevada)
Total: 72 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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