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
Parent taxon: Helcionellidae according to T. Wotte 2006
See also Bengtson 1992, Berg-Madsen and Peel 1978, Gubanov et al. 2004, Missarzhevsky 1989, Parkhaev 2002, Runnegar and Jell 1976 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Absidaticonus, Aegitellus, Anabarella, Anabaroconus, Anhuiconus, Anuliconus, Asiapatella, Asperconella, Auricullina, Bemella, Calyptroconus, Capitoconus, Chuiliella, Cycloholcus, Daedalia, Davidonia, Emarginoconus, Eocyrtolites, Fenqiaronia, Figurina, Guadalquivirospira, Hampilina, Hampilininae, Helcionella, Hispanoconus, Hujiagouella, Igorella, Ilsanella, Kuonamkaella, Lenoconus, Leptostega, Manasoconus, Marocella, Minastirithella, Miroconulus, Nyuella, Obtusoconus, Oelandia, Oelandiella, Papilloconus, Parapelagiella, Pararaconus, Paucella, Pedrocheotheca, Perssuakiella, Postacanthella, Prosinuites, Pseudopollicina, Randomia, Securiconus, Tannuella, Totoralia, Truncatoconus, Tuoraconus, Yangtzeconinae
Subtaxa: Protowenella cobbensis Protowenella flemingi Protowenella huainanensis Protowenella lancaraensis Protowenella plena Protowenella primaria
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Solvan of Australia (1 collection), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1)
• Amgan of Denmark (1)
• Cambrian of Antarctica (3), Australia (4), China (1), Denmark (1), Iran (1), Kazakhstan (2), Kyrgyzstan (2), New Zealand (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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