Obtusoconus ampla Voronin et al. 1982 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Alternative combination: Tanuella ampla

Full reference: Y. Voronin, L. G. Voronova, N. V. Grigoreva, N. A. Drozdova, E. A. Zhegallo, A. Yu Zhuravlev, A. L. Ragozina, A. Yu Rozanov, and T. A. Sayutina. 1982. The Precambrian/Cambrian Boundary in the geosynclinal areas (the reference section of Salany-Gol, MPR). Sovmestnaya Sovetsko Mongol'skaya Paleontologicheskaya Ekspeditsiya Trudy 1-150

Belongs to Obtusoconus according to P. Yu. Parkhaev 2001

See also Elicki 1996 and Voronin et al. 1982

Sister taxa: Obtusoconus brevis, Obtusoconus foliaceus, Obtusoconus grossicostus, Obtusoconus honorabilis, Obtusoconus mirabilis, Obtusoconus paucicostatus, Obtusoconus reduncus, Obtusoconus vostokovae, Hematoconus pygmaeus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Gorlitz Synclinorium carbonates, Zweta Formation (Cambrian of Germany)

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