Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
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: Helcionellinae according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010
See also Parkhaev 2002 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Absidaticonus, Aegitellus, Anabarella, Anabaroconus, Anhuiconus, Anuliconus, Asiapatella, Asperconella, Auricullina, Bemella, Calyptroconus, Capitoconus, Chuiliella, Cycloholcus, Daedalia, Davidonia, Eocyrtolites, Fenqiaronia, Figurina, Guadalquivirospira, Hampilina, Hampilininae, Helcionella, Hispanoconus, Hujiagouella, Igorella, Ilsanella, Kuonamkaella, Lenoconus, Leptostega, Manasoconus, Marocella, Minastirithella, Miroconulus, Nyuella, Obtusoconus, Oelandia, Oelandiella, Papilloconus, Parapelagiella, Pararaconus, Paucella, Pedrocheotheca, Perssuakiella, Postacanthella, Prosinuites, Protowenella, Pseudopollicina, Randomia, Securiconus, Tannuella, Totoralia, Truncatoconus, Tuoraconus, Yangtzeconinae
Subtaxa: Emarginoconus mirus
Type: Emarginoconus mirus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of China (14 collections), the Russian Federation (2)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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