Kingdom Animalia Class Monoplacophora Superfamily Tryblidioidea Scientific name Helcionopsis subcarinata | Phylum Mollusca Order Tryblidiida Family Tryblidiidae Rank Species | |
Helcionopsis subcarinata is an extinct species of paleozoic monoplacophoran in the family Tryblidiidae.
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Shell description
The shell is small and subovate in outline. The anterior and posterior margins are subequal and sharply rounded in the middle. In the cast the apex is depressed, small and not quite marginal. An obtuse carination extends across the length of the shell. The surface of cast shows remains of very fine radiating lines, that are scarcely visible without a magnifier, and a few obscure lines of growth.
The length of the shell is 10 mm, width 8 mm and the height of the shell is 3.5 mm. The height of the apex is 1.5 mm.
Ulrich and Scofield collected only two specimens of this species. Both are casts and show impressions of the rostral muscles. One exhibits besides a series of muscular scars similar to those of Tryblidium. They stated: "The lines are converging from them towards the apex are a peculiar feature, though probably of the nature of progressive tracts."
Distribution
Trenton group, Clitambonites bed, Goodhue County, Minnesota.