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Bemella

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Bemella Rozanov et al. p. 163
1976Bemella Runnegar and Jell p. 116
1978Kalbyella Berg-Madsen and Peel
1979Latirostratus p. 244
1980Sacciconus Jiang p. 118
1984Sichuanospira He
1989Bemella Missarzhevsky p. 175
1990Charaulachella Vassiljeva
1992Bemella Bengtson p. 1026
1994Bemella Elicki p. 83
1994Repenoconus Feng et al. p. 4
2000Striatoconus Feng et al. p. 370
2002Bemella Parkhaev p. 34
2002Bemella Sepkoski
2002Kalbyella Sepkoski
2002Latirostratus Sepkoski
2002Rostroconus Sepkoski
2002Sacciconus Sepkoski
2002Sichuanospira Sepkoski
2010Bemella Parkhaev and Demidenko pp. 1024, 1025
2017Bemella Kouchinsky et al. p. 334
2023Bemella Wagner p. G1331

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

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.

G. †Bemella Rozanov et al. 1969
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Bemella ambita Barskova 1987
Bemella amplaperata Yü 1979
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Invalid names: Bemella emeiensis Xing et al. 1984 [synonym]
Bemella atava He 1984
Bemella barskovae Parkhaev 2001
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Invalid names: Bemella minuta Barskova 1988 [replaced]
Bemella bella Chen and Zhang 1980
Bemella communis Parkhaev 2001
Bemella flexa Barskova 1988
Bemella incomparabilis Parkhaev 2001
Bemella jacutica Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Bemella malycanica Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Bemella minuta Luo et al. 1982
Bemella multicarinata Chen and Zhang 1980
Bemella parula Rozanov et al. 1969
Bemella rotundata Chen et al. 1981
Bemella septata Rozanov and Missarzhevsky 1966
Bemella villemsonae Barskova 1988
Bemella vonbitteri Landing et al. 1989
Bemella xinjiensis Feng et al. 1994
Invalid names: Charaulachella Vassiljeva 1990 [synonym], Kalbyella Berg-Madsen and Peel 1978 [synonym], Latirostratus Yü 1979 [synonym], Repenoconus Feng et al. 1994 [synonym], Rostroconus [synonym], Sacciconus Jiang 1980 [synonym], Sichuanospira He 1984 [synonym], Striatoconus Feng et al. 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010"Shell cap-shaped, low or even depressed, moderately compressed laterally. Apex inclined posteriorly and shifted up to posterior apertural margin and usually projects over it. Anterior field convex, posterior concave, rather short. Aperture simple, without sinuses and flaring, oval or irregularly-oval. Ornamentation usually represented by concentric folds, rarely radial ribs or striation can be present.
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Steiner et al. (2004).g
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 Meishucunian to the top of the Undillan or 530.70000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Khabarovsk) B. jacutica (99465)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) Rostroconus sp., B. jacutica (50367)
Nemakit-Daldynian538.8 - 525.5Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) B. sp. (99473)
Nemakit-Daldynian - Tommotian538.8 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) B. jacutica (99229)
Placentian538.8 - 517.1USA (Massachusetts) B. bella (56829)
Cambrian538.8 - 485.4China (Yunnan) B. jacutica (201549 201563 201564 201565 201566 201567 201576 201585 201586 201587 201590 201591 201594)
Meishucunian - Nemakit-Daldynian530.7 - 525.5China (Yunnan) Striatoconus sp. (87093)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) Rostroconus sp. (108257 108258) Rostroconus sp., Latirostratus amplaperatus (108259)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Anhui) Sacciconus sacciformis (107772)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Hubei) B. rotundata (108415) Sacciconus yanjiaheensis (106525)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Shaanxi) Rostroconus multisegmentata (107790)
Meishucunian530.7 - 521.0China (Sichuan) B. sp. (107389) Sichuanospira atava (107390)
Meishucunian - Tommotian530.7 - 521.0China (Yunnan) B. emeiensis (50504)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutia) B. jacutica (45850 45852 96245) B. jacutica, B. parula (45848) B. jacutica, B. parula, B. septata (45847 45849) B. jacutica, B. septata (45851)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) B. vonbitteri (87332 87334 87353)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Uchur-Maya) B. ambita (9998)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Khabarovsk Krai) B. jacutica, B. septata (50314)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk) B. jacutica (99484)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Sakha) B. jacutica (233169) B. malycanica (10046)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) B. jacutica (96392 96396 233166) B. jakutica (232906) Rostroconus sp., B. jacutica (50429)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation B. jacutica (90089)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Yakutiya) B. jacutica (56858 90088 96391 96394) B. jacutica, B. malycanica (80796) B. jacutica, B. parula (96226) Helcionella jacutica, B. malycanica (96251)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0USA (Massachusetts) B. bella (56825)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0China (Hubei) Latirostratus amplaperatus (56807) Sacciconus yanjiaheensis (155441)
Tommotian525.5 - 521.0Russian Federation (Siberia) B. jacutica (50319 50321) B. jacutioa (50428)
Tommotian - Botomian525.5 - 512.9Iran B. sp. (10530)
Atdabanian521.0 - 516.0Russian Federation (Siberia) B. flexa, B. minuta (10011) B. sp. (174257)
Nangaoian521.0 - 514.0China (Henan) Repenoconus xinjiensis (96525)
Atdabanian - Lenian521.0 - 510.2Germany (Saxony) B. jacutica (6899)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) B. communis (67980 67981 96958 96959 97730)
Toyonian512.9 - 510.2Australia (South Australia) B. communis (97991)
Amgan510.2 - 504.5Denmark Kalbyella poulseni (9876)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Morocco (High Atlas) B. bella (50548)
Solvan510.2 - 504.5Australia (New South Wales) Helcionopsis sp. (56811)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Germany B. sp. A (186151)