Paraceratoconus ruidus Zhou and Xiao 1984 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Kiringellida - Hypseloconidae

Full reference: B. Zhou and L. Xiao. 1984. Early Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from Huainan and Huoqiu Counties, Anhui Province. Professional Papers in Stratigraphy and Palaeontology 13:125-140

Belongs to Paraceratoconus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Zhou and Xiao 1984

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Huoqiu, Huainan, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian carbonate limestone in the Yutaishan Formation of China

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Huoqiu, Huainan

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