Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae
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 Yochelcionella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Gubanov et al. 2004, Kouchinsky et al. 2011, Peel 1988, Peel and Yochelson 1987 and Runnegar and Jell 1976
Sister taxa: Yochelcionella aichalica, Yochelcionella americana, Yochelcionella angustiplicata, Yochelcionella chinensis, Yochelcionella crassa, Yochelcionella cyrano, Yochelcionella daleki, Yochelcionella erecta, Yochelcionella gracilis, Yochelcionella greenlandica, Yochelcionella pelmani, Yochelcionella saginata, Yochelcionella snorkorum, Yochelcionella stylifera
Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in an Ordian carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection)
• Solvan of the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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