Alternative combinations: Caryocystites helmhackeri, Orocystites helmhackeri
Full reference: J. Barrande. 1887. Echinodermes. Etudes Locales et Comparatives. Extraits du Systeme Silurien du Centre de la Boheme. VII:1-356,
Belongs to Heliocrinites according to G. Regnell 1951
See also Barrande 1887, Jaekel 1899 and Regnéll 1945
Sister taxa: Heliocrinites angustiporus, Heliocrinites balticus, Heliocrinites granatum, Heliocrinites guttaeformis, Heliocrinites malaisei, Heliocrinites minutus, Heliocrinites ovalis, Heliocrinites prominens, Heliocrinites rouvillei, Heliocrinites stellatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kladno, which is in a Berounian offshore shelf claystone in the Vinice Formation of the Czech Republic
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Belgium (1 collection), the Czech Republic (1), Portugal (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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