Capitoconus Skovsted 2004 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Full reference: C. B. Skovsted. 2004. Mollusc fauna of the Early Cambrian Bastion Formation of North-East Greenland. Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 51(1):11-37

Parent taxon: Helcionellidae according to Y. Oh et al. 2025

See also Skovsted 2004

Sister taxa: Absidaticonus, Aegitellus, Anabarella, Anabaroconus, Anhuiconus, Anuliconus, Asiapatella, Asperconella, Auricullina, Bemella, Calyptroconus, Chuiliella, Cycloholcus, Daedalia, Davidonia, Dorispira, Emarginoconus, Eocyrtolites, Fenqiaronia, Figurina, Guadalquivirospira, Hampilina, Hampilininae, Helcionella, Hispanoconus, Hujiagouella, Igorella, Ilsanella, Kuonamkaella, Latouchella, Lenoconus, Leptostega, Manasoconus, Marocella, Minastirithella, Miroconulus, Nyuella, Obtusoconus, Oelandia, Oelandiella, Papilloconus, Parapelagiella, Pararaconus, Paucella, Pedrocheotheca, Perssuakiella, Postacanthella, Prosinuites, Protowenella, Pseudopollicina, Randomia, Ressericonella, Securiconus, Tannuella, Totoralia, Truncatoconus, Tuoraconus, Yangtzeconinae

Subtaxa: Capitoconus artus Capitoconus borealis Capitoconus inclinatus Capitoconus nana

view classification

Type: Capitoconus borealis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (8 collections), China (1), Germany (1), Greenland (8), the Russian Federation (1)

• Solvan of Morocco (1)

Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.