Eurekapegma

Eurekapegma
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: †Helcionelloida
Order: †Helcionelliformes
Superfamily: †Helcionelloidea
Genus: †Eurekapegma

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.


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