ammonites
Bemella xinjiensis Feng et al. 1994 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Alternative combination: Repenoconus xinjiensis

Full reference: W. M. Feng, Y. Qian, and Z.-q. Rong. 1994. Study of Monoplacophora and Gastropoda from the Lower Cambrian Xinji Formation in Ye Xian, Henan. Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 11(1):1-19

Belongs to Bemella according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2001

Sister taxa: Bemella ambita, Bemella amplaperata, Bemella barskovae, Bemella bella, Bemella communis, Bemella flexa, Bemella incomparabilis, Bemella malycanica, Bemella minuta, Bemella multicarinata, Bemella parula, Bemella rotundata, Bemella septata, Bemella villemsonae, Bemella vonbitteri, Sacciconus yanjiaheensis, Kalbyella poulseni

Type specimen: 116909, a shell. Its type locality is Yangshizhuang, Ye Xian, which is in a Nangaoian carbonate dolomite in the Xinji Formation of China.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore