Scenella jijiapoensis Chen 1984 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Scenelloidea - Scenellidae

Full reference: P. Chen. 1984. Discovery of Lower Cambrian small shelly fossils from Jijiapo, Yichang, west Hubei and its significance. Professional Papers of Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:49-64

Belongs to Scenella according to P. Chen 1984

Sister taxa: Scenella acuminata, Scenella affinis, Scenella amii, Scenella anomala, Scenella augusta, Scenella barrandei, Scenella compressa, Scenella conica, Scenella conicum, Scenella lubrica, Scenella magnifica, Scenella mira, Scenella montrealensis, Scenella oblonga, Scenella obtusa, Scenella orithyia, Scenella pretensa, Scenella pycna, Scenella radialis, Scenella reticulata, Scenella robusta, Scenella unicarinata, Scenella venillia

Type specimen: Its type locality is Jijiapo, bed 7, which is in a Meishucunian deep subtidal shelf dolomite in the Yanjiahe Formation of China

Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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