Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae
Synonym: Maishucunconus
Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270
Parent taxon: Helcionellinae according to P. Y. Parkhaev and Y. Demidenko 2010
Sister taxa: Absidaticonus, Aegitellus, Anabaroconus, Anhuiconus, Anuliconus, Asiapatella, Asperconella, Auricullina, Bemella, Calyptroconus, Capitoconus, Chuiliella, Cycloholcus, Daedalia, Emarginoconus, Eocyrtolites, Fenqiaronia, Figurina, Ginella, Guadalquivirospira, Hampilina, Hampilininae, Helcionella, Hispanoconus, Hujiagouella, Igorella, Kuonamkaella, Lenoconus, Leptostega, Marocella, Miroconulus, Nyuella, Oelandia, Papilloconus, Pararaconus, Paucella, Pedrocheotheca, Perssuakiella, Postacanthella, Prosinuites, Protowenella, Pseudomyona, Pseudopollicina, Randomia, Salanyella, Securiconus, Tannuella, Yangtzeconinae
Subtaxa: Truncatoconus campylurus, Truncatoconus yichangensis
Type: Truncatoconus yichangensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore