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.

References

  1. ^ Cobbold, E. S. (1919). "I.—Cambrian Hyolithidæ, etc., from Hartshill in the Nuneaton District, Warwickshire". Geological Magazine. 6: 149–158. doi:10.1017/S0016756800202483.
  • A. W. Grabau and H. W. Shimer. 1909. North American index fossils, invertebrates 1-909


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helcionella
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