Latouchella accordionata Runnegar and Jell 1976 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Coreospiridae

Alternative combination: 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 Latouchella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bengtson et al. 1990, Brock 1998, Gubanov et al. 2004, MacKinnon 1985, Parkhaev 2002, Peel 1988 and Runnegar and Jell 1976

Sister taxa: Latouchella adunca, Latouchella arcuata, Latouchella costata, Latouchella dimicostata, Latouchella gobiica, Latouchella huangshandongensis, Latouchella jacobinica, Latouchella memorabilis, Latouchella orientalis, Latouchella ostenfeldense, Latouchella sanxiaensis, Archaeospira avalonensis, Cambroconus minimus, Uncinaspira squamosa, Hubeispira nitida

Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Solvan of Australia (1 collection)

• Ordian of Australia (2)

• Cambrian of Australia (20), New Zealand (1)

Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence

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