†Capitoconus artus Skovsted 2004 (mollusk)
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Helcionelloida - 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
Belongs to Capitoconus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Peel 2021 and Skovsted 2004
Sister taxa: Capitoconus inclinatus, Capitoconus nana
Type specimen: MGUH 26976, a shell. Its type locality is GGU 314835 - Albert Heim Bjerge, which is in a Dyeran carbonate limestone in the Bastion Formation of Greenland.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Germany (1 collection), Greenland (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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