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Yochelcionella erecta

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae

Taxonomy
Stenotheca rugosa erecta was named by Walcott (1891). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Manuel’s Brook, Conception Bay, which is in a Branchian carbonate limestone in the Brigus Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Helcionella erecta by Resser (1938); it was recombined as Yochelcionella erecta by Hinz-Schallreuter (1997), Atkins and Peel (2008), Vendrasco et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Stenotheca rugosa erecta Walcott p. 617 figs. pl. 74 f. 4
1938Helcionella erecta Resser pp. 14, 23
1997Yochelcionella erecta Hinz-Schallreuter p. 111 fig. 4
2008Yochelcionella erecta Atkins and Peel pp. 30 – 32 fig. 5
2010Yochelcionella erecta Vendrasco et al. p. 128

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyYochelcionellidae
genusYochelcionella
specieserecta()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Yochelcionella erecta Walcott 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-06-11 12:58:20
Modified: 2009-06-11 14:58:20
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Branchian or 516.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Branchian516.2 - 506.5Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Stenotheca rugosa (type locality: 99495)