Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae
Synonyms: Archaeospira Yü 1979, Cambroconus Yu 1981, Gibbaspira He 1984, Huanglingella Chen et al. 1981, Hubeispira Yu 1981, Reticulatoconus, Uncinaspira He 1984, Yunanospira Yü 1979, Yunnanospira Jian 1980
Full reference: E.S. Cobbold. 1921. The Cambrian horizons of Comley (Shropshire) and their Brachiopoda, Pteropoda, Gasteropoda and etc. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 76:325-386
Parent taxon: Helcionellidae according to J. O. R. Ebbestad et al. 2024
See also Bengtson 1992, Bouchet et al. 2005, Gubanov et al. 2004, Knight et al. 1960, Missarzhevsky 1989, Parkhaev 2002, Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010, Rozanov et al. 1969, Runnegar and Jell 1976 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, 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: Archaeospira avalonensis Cambroconus minimus Hubeispira nitida Latouchella accordionata Latouchella adunca Latouchella arcuata Latouchella costata Latouchella dimicostata Latouchella gobiica Latouchella huangshandongensis Latouchella jacobinica Latouchella memorabilis Latouchella orientalis Latouchella ostenfeldense Latouchella sanxiaensis Uncinaspira squamosa
Type: Latouchella costata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (20 collections), Canada (8: British Columbia, Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia), China (17), Greenland (5), Mongolia (1), Morocco (2), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), the Russian Federation (16), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (1: Virginia)
• Solvan of Australia (1)
• Ordian of Australia (2)
Total: 82 collections including 92 occurrences
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