Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae
Synonym: Patellella Vassiljeva 1990
Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270
Parent taxon: Carinopeltidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Kouchinsky et al. 2017, Parkhaev 2002, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Ponder et al. 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Vassiljeva 1990
Sister taxa: Carinopelta, Gonamella, Mastakhella, Squamiconus
Subtaxa: Protoconus crestatus Protoconus elegans
Type: Protoconus crestatus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (6 collections), Iran (1), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 9 collections including 12 occurrences
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