†family Aldanellidae Linsley and Kier 1984 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae

Full reference: R. M. Linsley and W.M. Kier. 1984. The Paragastropoda: a proposal for a new class of Paleozoic Mollusca. Malacologia 25(1):241-254

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

See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Bouchet et al. 2017, Linsley and Kier 1984, Missarzhevsky 1989 and Parkhaev 2001

Sister taxon: Pelagielloidea

Subtaxa: Aldanella Nomgoliella

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Type: Aldanella

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Placentian of United States (5: Massachusetts collections)

• Cambrian of Canada (21: Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), China (10), Guinea (1), Iran (1), Mongolia (2), the Russian Federation (55), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Massachusetts)

Total: 98 collections including 131 occurrences

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