Gonamella Val'kov and Karlova 1984 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae

Full reference: A. K. Val'kov and G. A. Karlova. 1984. Fauna from transitional Vendian-Cambrian layers of Lower River Gonam. Institute of Geology & Geophysics, Academy of Sciences USSR, Novosibirsk 1-147

Parent taxon: Carinopeltidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Parkhaev 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carinopelta, Mastakhella, Protoconus, Squamiconus

Subtaxa: Gonamella rostrata

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Type: Gonamella rostrata

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Mount 1291.1, Gonam. Aldanocyathus sunnaginicus zone (Cambrian of Russian Federation)

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