Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Pelagiellidae
Alternative combinations: Auriculaspira madianensis, Auriculatespira madianensis
Full reference: B. Zhou and L. Xiao. 1984. Early Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from Huainan and Huoqiu Counties, Anhui Province. Professional Papers in Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:125-140
Belongs to Pelagiella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also He et al. 1984, Parkhaev 2001, Topper et al. 2009, Wrona 2003 and Zhou and Xiao 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 primaeva, Pelagiella serpentis, Pelagiella subangulata, Protoscaevogyra reversa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Huoqiu, Huainan, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian carbonate limestone in the Yutaishan Formation of China
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Antarctica (2 collections), Australia (20), China (5)
Total: 27 collections including 29 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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