Aldanella remota Billings 1872 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Aldanellidae

Alternative combination: Straparollina remota

Full reference: E. Billings. 1872. On some fossils from the primordial rocks of Newfoundland. Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science 6:465-479

Belongs to Aldanella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Billings 1872 and Landing 1988

Sister taxa: Aldanella attleborensis, Aldanella costata, Aldanella crassa, Aldanella golubevi, Aldanella iberica, Aldanella kunda, Aldanella patelliforma, Aldanella patelliformis, Aldanella sibirica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Red Limestone, Smith’s Sound, which is in a Branchian carbonate limestone in the Brigus Formation of Canada

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Red Limestone, Smith’s Sound

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