Totoralia

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Totoralia
Temporal range: Stage 5 – Guzhangian
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Helcionelloida
Order: Helcionelliformes
Family: Helcionellidae
Genus: Totoralia
Tortello and Sabattini, 2011
Species
  • T. hornillensis (Rusconi, 1956) (type)
  • Conway Morris & Peel 2013 T. reticulata

Totoralia is a genus of limpet-like helcionellid known from Cambrian deposits including the Burgess Shale.[1] It comprises two species. T. reticulata bears a net-like pattern spread over a series of concentric ridges.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Morris, S. C.; Peel, J. S. (2013). "A New Helcionelloid Mollusk from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (6): 1067. doi:10.1666/13-050.

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