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Bemella jacutica

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Helcionella jacutica was named by Rozanov and Missarzhevsky (1966) [Missarzhevsky in Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966]. Its type specimen is GIN 3470//52, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is M302/1-2, M42-a; Tiktirikteekh Creek/Rivulet, which is in a Tommotian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Pestrotsvet Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Bemella.

It was recombined as Securiconus jacuticus by Vasil’yeva (1998); it was recombined as Bemella jacutica by Rozanov et al. (1969), Barskova (1988), Brock and Cooper (1993), Elicki (1994), Elicki (1996), Kouchinsky et al. (2017) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Helcionella jacutica Rozanov and Missarzhevsky
1969Bemella jacutica Rozanov et al. pp. 163-164 figs. pl. 2 f. 4, 10a; pl. 4 f. 3, 14, 20
1988Bemella jacutica Barskova p. 101
1993Bemella jacutica Brock and Cooper p. 778
1994Bemella jacutica Elicki p. 83 figs. f 4/15, 14
1996Bemella jacutica Elicki pp. 153 - 154 figs. txt. f. 6; pl. 6 f. 6-9
1998Securiconus jacuticus Vasil’yeva
2017Bemella jacutica Kouchinsky et al. p. 334
2023Bemella jacutica Wagner p. S5521

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

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.

Bemella jacutica Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
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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
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 12:46:49
Modified: 2009-06-11 14:46:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Feng et al. 2000, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Nemakit-Daldynian to the top of the Lenian or 538.80000 to 510.20000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Bemella jacutica (50367)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) Bemella jacutica (99465)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian538.8 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Bemella jacutica (99229)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4China (Yunnan) Bemella jacutica (201549 201563 201564 201565 201566 201567 201576 201585 201586 201587 201590 201591 201594)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation Bemella jacutica (90089)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Bemella jacutica (50429 96392 96396 233166)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) Bemella jacutica (99484)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) Bemella jacutica (45847 45848 45849 45850 45851 45852 96245)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) Bemella jacutica (56858 80796 90088 96226 96391 96394) Helcionella jacutica (type locality: 96251)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) Bemella jacutica (50319 50321)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Bemella jacutica (50314)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) Bemella jacutica (233169)
Atdabanian - Lenian521.0 - 510.2Germany (Saxony) Bemella jacutica (6899)