Protowenella cobbensis MacKinnon 1985 (mollusk)

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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