Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae
Full reference: A. H. Westergård. 1936. Paradoxides oelandicus beds of Öland with the account of a diamond boring through the Cambrian at Mossberga. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning Serie C 294:1-6
Parent taxon: Helcionellidae according to B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell 1976
See also Bengtson 1992, Parkhaev 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Absidaticonus, Aegitellus, Anabarella, Anabaroconus, Anhuiconus, Anuliconus, Asiapatella, Asperconella, Auricullina, Bemella, Calyptroconus, Capitoconus, Chuiliella, Cycloholcus, Daedalia, Davidonia, Emarginoconus, Eocyrtolites, Fenqiaronia, Figurina, Guadalquivirospira, Hampilina, Hampilininae, Helcionella, Hispanoconus, Hujiagouella, Igorella, Ilsanella, Kuonamkaella, Latouchella, Lenoconus, Leptostega, Manasoconus, Marocella, Minastirithella, Miroconulus, Nyuella, Obtusoconus, Oelandiella, Papilloconus, Parapelagiella, Pararaconus, Paucella, Pedrocheotheca, Perssuakiella, Postacanthella, Prosinuites, Protowenella, Pseudopollicina, Randomia, Securiconus, Tannuella, Totoralia, Truncatoconus, Tuoraconus, Yangtzeconinae
Subtaxa: Oelandia jingheensis Oelandia pauciplicata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Greenland (1 collection), Sweden (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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