Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Full reference: G. Geyer. 1986. Mittelkambrishe Mollusken aus Marokko und Spanien. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 67(1/4):55-118
Parent taxon: Helcionellidae according to A. Kouchinsky et al. 2011
See also Bengtson 1992, Parkhaev 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Absidaticonus, Aegitellus, Anabarella, Anabaroconus, Anhuiconus, Anuliconus, Asiapatella, Asperconella, Auricullina, Bemella, Calyptroconus, Capitoconus, Chuiliella, Cycloholcus, Daedalia, Davidonia, Dorispira, Emarginoconus, Eocyrtolites, Fenqiaronia, Figurina, Guadalquivirospira, Hampilina, Hampilininae, Helcionella, Hispanoconus, Hujiagouella, Igorella, Ilsanella, Kuonamkaella, Latouchella, Lenoconus, Manasoconus, Marocella, Minastirithella, Miroconulus, Nyuella, Obtusoconus, Oelandia, Oelandiella, Papilloconus, Parapelagiella, Pararaconus, Paucella, Pedrocheotheca, Perssuakiella, Postacanthella, Prosinuites, Pseudopollicina, Randomia, Ressericonella, Securiconus, Sermeqiconus, Tannuella, Totoralia, Truncatoconus, Tuoraconus, Vendrascospira, Yangtzeconinae
Subtaxa: Leptostega abrupta Leptostega frankenwaldensis Leptostega hyperborea Leptostega irregularis
Type: Leptostega irregularis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Germany (3 collections), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (1)
• Solvan of Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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