Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Circothecidae
Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky. 1980. Early Cambrian mongolian hyolitha and gastropoda. Paleontological Journal 15(1):18-25
Belongs to Conotheca according to V. V. Missarzhevsky 1980
Sister taxa: Conotheca australiensis, Conotheca brevica, Conotheca circumflexa, Conotheca corniformis, Conotheca dahaiensis, Conotheca mammilata, Conotheca ningqiangensis, Conotheca rotunda, Conotheca shennongjiaensis, Conotheca subcurvata
Type specimen: GIN 4297/6, a shell. Its type locality is Sample 179, Bayan-Gol, which is in a Lenian marine horizon in the Salanygol Formation of Mongolia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Mongolia (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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