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Eotebenna

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Eotebenna
Temporal range: Early Cambrian–Mid Cambrian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Helcionelloida
Order: Helcionelliformes
Family: Yochelcionellidae
Genus: Eotebenna
Runnegar & Jell, 1976
Species
  • E. artica Peel, 1989
  • E. papilio Runneger & Jell, 1976
  • E. pontifex Runnegar & Jell, 1976 (type)
  • E. viviannae Peel 1991

Eotebenna is a genus of helcionellid from the Early to Middle Cambrian of Greenland, Denmark and Australia, with sail-like "snorkels", similar to Latouchella.[1]

References

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  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.