Chippewaella
Genus of gastropods
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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]
| Chippewaella Temporal range: [1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Genus: | †Chippewaella |
| Species: | †C. patellitheca |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chippewaella patellitheca Gunderson, 1993 | |
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]
