Biology:Protowenella

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Protowenella is a genus of hyolith from the Middle Cambrian of Australia and Greenland, previously thought to be a helcionelloid.[1] It has a strongly spiralled, smooth shell with concentric ridges that have low relief. Other than its tighter coiling, it closely resembles Tichkaella.[2]

References

  1. Peel, John S. (2 October 2021). "In-place operculum demonstrates that the Middle Cambrian Protowenella is a hyolith and not a mollusc". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 45 (4): 385–394. doi:10.1080/03115518.2021.2004225. 
  2. 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. 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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