Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Stenothecidae
Full reference: M. J. Vendrasco, A. V. Kouchinsky, S. M. Porter and C. Z. Fernandez. 2011. Phylogeny and escalation in Mellopegma and other Cambrian molluscs. Palaeontologia Electronica 14(2):11A1-44
Belongs to Mellopegma according to M. J. Vendrasco et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Mellopegma georginensis, Mellopegma indecora, Mellopegma uslonica
Type specimen: CPC 40456, a shell. Its type locality is Just above Bronco Stromatolith Bed c. 200 m ENE along strike from section 415, which is in a Floran sand shoal lime mudstone in the Gowers Formation of Australia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Just above Bronco Stromatolith Bed c. 200 m ENE along strike from section 415
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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