Stenotheca tepee Runnegar and Jell 1976 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Stenothecidae

Alternative combination: Anuliconus tepee

Full reference: B. Runnegar and P.A. Jell. 1976. Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution. Alcheringa 1(1/2):109-138

Belongs to Stenotheca according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Parkhaev 2001 and Runnegar and Jell 1976

Sister taxa: Stenotheca acutacosta, Stenotheca angusta, Stenotheca clotho, Stenotheca cornucopia, Stenotheca drepanoida, Stenotheca higginsi, Stenotheca lata, Stenotheca norvegica, Stenotheca pojetai, Stenotheca transbaikalica

Type specimen: Its type locality is ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site, which is in a Solvan carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at ANU Collection 10352, 16 km northeast of Mootwingee Aboriginal Site

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