Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Full reference: W. M. Feng, W. G. Sun, and Y. Qian. 2000. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophora in northeastern Yunnan with some new genera and species. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 17:365-377
Belongs to Igorella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Feng et al. 2000 and Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010
Sister taxa: Igorella cyrtoliformis, Igorella durara, Igorella hamata, Igorella iacobinica, Igorella lata, Igorella monstrosa, Igorella orientalis, Igorella shabaktiensis, Igorella talassica, Igorella ungulata, Igorella xilingensis, Igorella xundianensis, Dianella dianensis, Songlinella formosa
Type specimen: NIGP 132057, a shell. Its type locality is Yulu, Huize, which is in a Meishucunian/Nemakit-Daldynian marine phosphorite in the Zhujiaqing Formation of China.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Yulu, Huize
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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