Chippewaella

Chippewaella; Temporal range: Furongian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Genus:	†Chippewaella
Species:	†C. patellitheca
Binomial name
	†Chippewaella patellitheca; Gunderson, 1993

Chippewaella patellitheca is a stem-gastropod mollusc from Furongian-aged strata of Late Cambrian Wisconsin.[1] According to Peter J. Wagner, it is the most basal gastropod.[2]

Morphology

C. patellitheca is known from broad, low, cap-shaped or mound-shaped shells around 2 centimeters in diameter. The shell has a slight apex that points posteriorly, and is at the posterior end of a central dorsal ridge.[1]

References

Gunderson, G. O. 1993. New genus of Late Cambrian gastropod. Journal of Paleontology 67(6):1083-1084
Wagner, P. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Earliest Anisostrophically Coiled Gastropods". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 88: 1–152. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.88.1.

External links

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[gunderson-1] Gunderson, G. O. 1993. New genus of Late Cambrian gastropod. Journal of Paleontology 67(6):1083-1084

[2] Wagner, P. J. (2004). "Phylogenetic Relationships of the Earliest Anisostrophically Coiled Gastropods". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology. 88: 1–152. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.88.1.