†Protowenella cobbensis MacKinnon 1985 (mollusk)
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Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae
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 Protowenella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also MacKinnon 1985 and Wotte 2006
Sister taxa: Protowenella flemingi, Protowenella huainanensis, Protowenella lancaraensis, Protowenella plena, Protowenella primaria
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 detritivore
Distribution: found only at Trilobite Rock, South Island
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