Tianzhushanospira Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae

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: Pelagiellidae according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2002

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cambretina, Costipelagiella, Pelagiella, Proeccyliopterus, Tannuspira

Subtaxa: Tianzhushanospira unicarinata

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Type: Tianzhushanospira unicarinata

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Truncatoconus yichangen - Cambrospira sisensi assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang (Cambrian of China)

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