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, 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 a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Solvan of Australia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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