Ellisell

Ellisell is a Middle Cambrian genus of fossils from Denmark.

Both the genus and species are named after the paleontologist and geologist Ellis L. Yochelson [de] (1928–2006), who had turned 60 at the time the fossils were first described.

[1] The genus was originally placed in the family Salterellidae of the phylum Agmata;[1] this placement was rejected by Yochelson & Kisselev (2003),[2] but was restored by Peel (2016).

[3] Ellisell is distinguished from Salterella by its slowly expanding conch and the resulting cylindrical apertural cavity, compared to the latter's more rapidly expanding conch and cone-shaped apertural cavity.

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