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Latouchella accordionata

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Latouchella accordionata was named by Runnegar and Jell (1976). Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Trenella accordionata by Parkhaev (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Latouchella accordionata Runnegar and Jell p. 127 figs. f. 10C.1-10, 12-18, not 11?
1985Latouchella accordionata MacKinnon p. 68 figs. f. 1M,P-R
1988Latouchella accordionata Peel p. 153
1990Latouchella accordionata Bengtson et al. p. 233
1998Latouchella accordionata Brock p. 576 figs. f. 3.4-6
2002Trenella accordionata Parkhaev p. 36
2004Latouchella accordionata Gubanov et al. p. 209
2023Latouchella accordionata Wagner p. 5425

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
familyHelcionellidae
genusLatouchella
speciesaccordionata

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.

Latouchella accordionata Runnegar and Jell 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:20:39
Modified: 2009-04-21 13:57:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Gubanov et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Cambrian to the top of the Boomerangian or 509.00000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ordian511.2 - 508.0Australia (Northern Territory) Latouchella accordionata (131283 131295)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) Latouchella accordionata (type locality: 56811)
Middle Cambrian509.0 - 497.0Australia (Northern Territory) Latouchella accordionata (59989 59994 59998 59999 60000 60014 60015 60017 60018 60019 60023 60024 60028 60030 60033 60047 60062 60079 60085)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Australia (New South Wales) Latouchella accordionata (9394)
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0New Zealand (Nelson) Latouchella accordionata (7897)