Totoralia

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]

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

References
  1. 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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