Pseudopelagiella is a genus established by Landing Ed. to separate the chaetose members that were previously assigned to Pelagiella.[3]

Pseudopelagiella
Temporal range: 512 Ma
Fossil of "Pelagiella" exigua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Annelida (?)
Genus: Pseudopelagiella
Landing, Geyer, Jirkov & Schiaparelli, 2021[2]
Species:
P. exigua
Binomial name
Pseudopelagiella exigua
(Resser & Howell, 1938)[1]

The only species in the genus, Pseudopelagiella exigua, was originally described as Pelagiella exigua.[4]

Fossilized groups of Pseudopelagiella
Internal reconstruction of Pseudopelagiella exigua when it was still part of Pelagiella as a mollusk with a U-shaped gut with setae.
Reconstruction of Pseudopelagiella in 3D.

References

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  1. ^ "Pseudopelagiella exigua (Resser & Howell, 1938)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Pseudopelagiella Landing, Geyer, Jirkov & Schiaparelli, 2021". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  3. ^ Landing, Ed; Geyer, Gerd; Jirkov, Igor A.; Schiaparelli, Stefano (2021). "Lophotrochozoa in the Cambrian evolutionary radiation and the Pelagiella problem". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (4): 2227–2244. Bibcode:2021PPal....7.2227L. doi:10.1002/spp2.1396. S2CID 239642828.
  4. ^ Thomas, Roger D. K.; Runnegar, Bruce; Matt, Kerry (July 2020). Sigwart, Julia (ed.). "Pelagiella exigua , an early Cambrian stem gastropod with chaetae: lophotrochozoan heritage and conchiferan novelty". Palaeontology. 63 (4): 601–627. doi:10.1111/pala.12476. ISSN 0031-0239.