Watsonella Grabau 1900 (mollusk)

Watsonella

Synonyms: Heraultia Cobbold 1935, Heraultipegma Pojeta and Runnegar 1976

Full reference: A. W. Grabau. 1900. Palaeontology of the Cambrian terranes of the Boston Basin. Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 4:601-694

Parent taxon: Mollusca according to A. Kouchinsky et al. 2017

See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Landing 1988, Parkhaev 2001, Parkhaev 2002, Pojeta and Runnegar 1976, Sepkoski 2002, Wagner 1997 and Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Acevina, Actinoconus, Aculopileus, Acutirostriconus, Aldanolina, Algomella, Anisomyaria, Aplacophora, Aulacotrochus, Aviculocephaloconus, Bagenoviella, Beroides, Bisulcus, Bivalvia, Calyptoptomatida, Cambroscutum, Caudofoveata, Centriconus, Cephalopoda, Chiton cottae, Codonoconus, Conchifera, Conchula, Corystos, Crestoconus, Cyrtostoma, Dingus, Diplacophora, Dysmea, Dysnoetopla, Ebianella, Eosoconus, Gastropoda, Granoconus, Gutticonus, Hamatoconus, Helcionelloida, Hemithecellitina, Huangshandogoconus, Huangshandongoconus, Kaschkadakia, Katunioides, Kepinospira, Khairkhaniidae, Khairkhaniiformes, Kraikchania, Kuanchuanella, Ladamarekiidae, Laticonus, Liantuoconus, Ligyrokala, Mackenziella, Maikhanellidae, Makarakia, Merismoconcha, Minymerisma, Nothamusium, Odontogriphus, Omalenlina, Paragastropoda, Peotoconus, Polytropis, Porcaconus, Proconus, Pseudomatthevia, Rostroconchia, Sachitida, Salanyella, Sargaella, Scamboscamna, Scaphopoda, Serialia, Sinuconus, Solenogastres, Songlingella, Spatuloconus, Stenothecella, Sulcocarina, Tergomya, Trunctoconus, Tuberoconus, Xilingxiaconus, Xinnanospira, Yangtzemerisma

Subtaxa: Watsonella crosbyi Watsonella terranovica

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Type: Watsonella crosbyi

Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (21: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), China (37), the Russian Federation (14), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1), United States (3: Massachusetts, Nevada)

Total: 79 collections including 80 occurrences

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