''Aldanella'' is an extinct paleozoic
mollusc
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is estim ...
that was assigned to the
Gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. The ...
stem group
but may also belong to a paraphyletic "
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora , meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic superclass of molluscs with a cap-like shell inhabiting deep sea environments . Extant representatives were not recognized as such until 1952; previously they were known only from t ...
".
References
Paleozoic life of Newfoundland and Labrador
Paleozoic life of Nova Scotia
Prehistoric molluscs of Europe
Prehistoric molluscs of North America
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