†Protoconus elegans Yü 1979 (mollusk)
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Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Carinopeltidae
Alternative combinations: Igarkiella elegans, Purella elegans
Synonym: Purella tianzhushanensis Yü 1979
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 Demidenko and Parkhaev 2006
See also Yü 1979
Sister taxon: Protoconus crestatus
Type specimens:
- Protoconus elegans: Its type locality is Yangtzeconus priscus - Archaeospira ornata assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, which is in a Tommotian carbonate phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China
- Purella tianzhushanensis: Its type locality is Yangtzeconus priscus - Archaeospira ornata assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang, which is in a Tommotian carbonate phosphorite in the Huangshandong Formation of China.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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