Conotheca shennongjiaensis Duan 1984

Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Circothecidae

Full reference: C. Duan. 1984. Small shelly fossils from the Lower Cambrian Xihaoping Formation the Shennongjia district, Hubei Province - hyoliths and fossil skeletons of unknown affinities. Bulletin of the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources 7:141-188

Belongs to Conotheca according to C. Duan 1984

Sister taxa: Conotheca australiensis, Conotheca brevica, Conotheca circumflexa, Conotheca corniformis, Conotheca curta, Conotheca dahaiensis, Conotheca mammilata, Conotheca ningqiangensis, Conotheca rotunda, Conotheca subcurvata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Conotheca shennongjiaensis in the database

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