Protoconus crestatus Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae

Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270

Belongs to Protoconus according to A. Kouchinsky et al. 2017

See also Parkhaev and Demidenko 2010 and Yü 1979

Sister taxon: Protoconus elegans

Type specimen: Its type locality is Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, Protoconus-Eosoconus assemblage, which is in a Meishucunian carbonate dolomite in the Huangshandong Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (4 collections), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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