Helcionella Explained

Helcionella is a genus of helcionellid, a fossil marine invertebrate animal that is considered to be a mollusk and may possibly be a gastropod. The shells of these animals are about a centimetre in size. The tip of the shell extends beyond the rear extremity of the shell's aperture, and the shell is "endogastric" in shape.[1]

Helcionella is the type genus of the family Helcionellidae.

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Notes and References

  1. Cobbold . E. S. . I.—Cambrian Hyolithidæ, etc., from Hartshill in the Nuneaton District, Warwickshire . Geological Magazine . 6 . 149–158 . 1919 . 10.1017/S0016756800202483 .