Latouchella dimicostata Wang 1994 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: B. Wang. 1994. New mollusks and problematic fossils from the Lower Cambrian of China. Paleontological Journal 28(4):10-17

Belongs to Latouchella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010 and Wang 1994

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Xianfeng Settlement, 60 km from Kunming, which is in a Meishucunian/Tommotian carbonate dolomite/dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Xianfeng Settlement, 60 km from Kunming

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