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Latouchella dimicostata

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Latouchella dimicostata was named by Wang (1994). Its type locality is Xianfeng Settlement, 60 km from Kunming, which is in a Meishucunian/Tommotian carbonate dolomite/dolomite in the Dengying Formation of China.

It was synonymized subjectively with Igorella maidipingensis by Parkhaev and Demidenko (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Latouchella dimicostata Wang pp. 14 - 15 figs. pl. 3 f. 6-7
2023Latouchella dimicostata Wagner p. 5739

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

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.

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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: Gubanov et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Tommotian or 530.70000 to 521.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Latouchella dimicostata (type locality: 50465)