Helcionella antiqua Kiær 1916 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Alternative combinations: Emeiconus antiqua, Purella antiqua

Full reference: J. Kiær. 1916. The Lower Cambrian Holmia fauna at Tomten in Norway. Videnskapsselskapets Skrifter. I. Matematisk - naturvitenskapelig Klasse 1916(10):140

Belongs to Helcionella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Helcionella antiqua, Helcionella aspera, Helcionella capula, Helcionella explanata, Helcionella histosia, Helcionella kunyangensis, Helcionella lemdadensis, Helcionella pricei, Helcionella radiata, Helcionella sidingshanensis, Helcionella subrugosa, Helcionella tianzhushanensis, Helcionella waageni, Helcionella xinjiangensis, Helcionella yunnanensis

Type specimen: PMO 73172, a shell. Its type locality is Holmia fauna, Tomten [Sparagmite Fm], which is in a Botomian deep subtidal shale/sandstone in the Ringstrand Formation of Norway.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (7 collections), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (12)

Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence

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