Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138
Belongs to Protowenella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Berg-Madsen and Peel 1978, Runnegar and Jell 1976, Vendrasco et al. 2010 and Wotte 2006
Sister taxa: Protowenella cobbensis, Protowenella huainanensis, Protowenella lancaraensis, Protowenella plena, Protowenella primaria
Type specimen: Its type locality is QML1286 km SSW of Thorntonia Homestead, which is in a Floran carbonate limestone in the Gowers Formation of Australia.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of Australia (1 collection)
• Amgan of Denmark (1)
• Cambrian of Australia (3), Denmark (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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