Conotheca corniformis Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981

Hyolitha - Orthothecida - Circothecidae

Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-96

Belongs to Conotheca according to V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov 1981

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Uchbas, bed 6, which is in a Botomian marine dolomite in the Shabakty Formation of Kazakhstan

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Uchbas, bed 6

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