Eurekapegma is a helcionellid from the Middle Cambrian of New Zealand. It is flattened sideways, with a dividing wall within its shell; it resembles the helcionellid Eotebenna.[1]
Eurekapegma Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | †Helcionelloida |
Order: | †Helcionelliformes |
Superfamily: | †Helcionelloidea |
Genus: | †Eurekapegma |
References
edit- ^ Peel, J. S. (1991). "Functional Morphology of the Class Helcionelloida Nov., and the Early Evolution of the Mollusca". In Simonetta, A. M.; Conway Morris, S (eds.). The Early Evolution of Metazoa and the Significance of Problematic Taxa. Cambridge University Press. pp. 157–177. ISBN 978-0-521-40242-2.