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Protowenella ✝
| Description | Protowenella is a genus of helcionellid from the Middle Cambrian of Australia. It has a strongly spiralled, smooth shell with concentric ridges that have low relief. Other than its tighter coiling, it is very similar to Tichkaella. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protowenella, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionellidae : Protowenella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Helcionelloida : Helcionellida : Helcionellidae : Protowenella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Protowenella Runnegar & Jell, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Alcheringa 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 530 - 516 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 504 - 501 Ma Cambrian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Helcionellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | blind (based on Helcionelloida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Helcionellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-132 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protowenella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Protowenella cobbensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 504 Ma Cambrian | 504 Ma Cambrian | |
| Protowenella flemingi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 513 Ma Cambrian | 507 Ma Cambrian | |
| Protowenella huainanensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Protowenella lancaraensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Protowenella plena ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian | |
| Protowenella primaria ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 520 Ma Cambrian | 520 Ma Cambrian |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1976 | Protowenella Runnegar and Jell |
| 1978 | Protowenella Berg-Madsen and Peel p. 124 |
| 1989 | Protowenella Missarzhevsky p. 181 |
| 1992 | Protowenella Bengtson p. 1026 |
| 2002 | Protowenella Parkhaev p. 37 |
| 2002 | Protowenella Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Protowenella Gubanov et al. p. 14 |
| 2006 | Protowenella Wotte p. 149 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
