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Oelandiella bellus

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Helcionella bellus was named by Feng et al. (2000). Its type specimen is NIGP 131354, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Oelandiella bellus by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Helcionella bellus Feng et al. p. 373
2023Oelandiella bellus Wagner p. 5761

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
superfamilyHelcionelloidea(Wenz 1938)
familyHelcionellidae
genusOelandiella
speciesbellus()

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.

Oelandiella bellus Feng et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yess
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10s
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0s
Adult height: 0.1 to < 1.0s
Thickness: thins
Folds: nones
Ribbing: minors
Spines: nones
Internal reinforcement: nones
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Comments: DIMENSIONS & MORPHOLOGY: From Feng et al. (2000).s
Created: 2009-03-03 21:22:32
Modified: 2009-03-03 23:22:32
Source: s = species, f = family, c = class
References: Feng et al. 2000, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Meishucunian to the top of the Nemakit-Daldynian or 530.70000 to 525.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Helcionella bellus (87094)
Meishucunian - Nemakit-Daldynian530.7 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Helcionella bellus (87093)