Lamaureriella

Lamaureriella
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: †Helcionelloida
Order: †Helcionelliformes
Family: †Helcionellidae
Genus: †Lamaureriella
Species:
†L. vizcainoi
Binomial name
†Lamaureriella vizcainoi
Peel & Horný, 2004

Lamaureriella is a genus of laterally-flattened curled helcionellid known from Lower Ordovician deposits.[1] The majority of the hundreds of known specimens come from a single concretion.[1] The specimens are on the scale of millimetres; they bear unusual flanges ("plications") on their sides.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Peel, John S.; Horný, Radvan J. (2004). "A new problematic Early Ordovician univalve mollusc from France". Palaeontology. 47 (6): 1629–1639. doi:10.1111/j.0031-0239.2004.00414.x.
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