Enigmaconus parvus MacKinnon 1985 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Yochelcionellidae

Full reference: D.I. MacKinnon. 1985. New Zealand late Middle Cambrian molluscs and the origin of Rostroconchia and Bivalvia. Alcheringa 9(1/2):65-81

Belongs to Enigmaconus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also MacKinnon 1985

Sister taxon: Enigmaconus pyramidalis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Trilobite Rock, South Island, which is in a Boomerangian carbonate limestone in the Tasman Formation of New Zealand

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Trilobite Rock, South Island

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