Lamaureriella

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Lamaureriella
Temporal range: Lower Ordovician[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d 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.