Latouchella dimicostata Wang 1994 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - 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 adunca, Latouchella arcuata, Latouchella costata, Latouchella gobiica, Latouchella huangshandongensis, Latouchella jacobinica, Latouchella memorabilis, Latouchella orientalis, Latouchella ostenfeldense, Latouchella sanxiaensis, Archaeospira avalonensis, Uncinaspira squamosa, Cambroconus minimus, Hubeispira nitida

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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