Purella squamulosa Qian and Bengtson 1989 (mollusk)

Purella - Maikhanellidae

Full reference: Y. Qian and S. Bengtson. 1989. Palaeontology and biostratigraphy of the Early Cambrian Meishucunian Stage in Yunnan Province, South China. Fossils and Strata 24:1-156

Belongs to Purella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010 and Qian and Bengtson 1989

Sister taxa: Purella arcana, Purella atypica, Purella cristata, Purella gracilis, Purella insueta, Purella layracensis, Maikhanella multa, Maikhanella lepidites

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bed 10, Sample Xx, 159a, Xianfeng Phosphorite Quarry, 23 km west of Xianfeng, which is in a Meishucunian/Tommotian carbonate phosphorite/phosphorite in the Dengying Formation of China

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (7 collections)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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