Helcionella
{{Short description|Extinct genus of molluscs}}
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| fossil_range = Cambrian
| taxon = Helcionella
| authority = Grabau & Shimer, 1909
| synonyms= Pseudotheca Redlich 1899
| subdivision = {{species list
| H. bella |Feng et al.
| H. emargina|Cobbold, 1919
| H. histosia|Jacquet & Brock, 2016
| H. oblonga |Cobbold, 1921
| incomplete = yes}}
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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.{{Cite journal | last1 = Cobbold | first1 = E. S. | title = I.—Cambrian Hyolithidæ, etc., from Hartshill in the Nuneaton District, Warwickshire | journal = Geological Magazine | volume = 6 | pages = 149–158 | year = 1919 | doi = 10.1017/S0016756800202483 }}
Helcionella is the type genus of the family Helcionellidae.
References
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- A. W. Grabau and H. W. Shimer. 1909. North American index fossils, invertebrates 1-909
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Category:Cambrian animals of Europe
Category:Paleozoic life of Alberta
Category:Paleozoic life of British Columbia
Category:Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador
Category:Cambrian genus extinctions
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