Planutenia Elicki 1994 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Stenothecidae

Synonym: Aequiconus Parkhaev 2001

Full reference: O. Elicki. 1994. Lower Cambrian carbonates from eastern Germany:palaeontology, stratigraphy and palaeogeography. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 191(1):69-93

Parent taxon: Stenothecidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Elicki 1994, Gravestock et al. 2001, Parkhaev 2001, Sepkoski 2002 and Skovsted and Peel 2007

Sister taxa: Acanthotheca, Eurekapegma, Mellopegma, Pseudoscenella, Stenotheca, Stenothecinae, Watsonellinae

Subtaxa: Aequiconus zigzac Planutenia flectata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Canada (2: Newfoundland and Labrador collections), Germany (1), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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