Asperoconus Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Igarkiellidae

Full reference: W. Yü. 1979. Earliest Cambrian monoplacophorans and gastropods from western Hubei with their biostratigraphical significance. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 18(3):233-270

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Asperoconus granuliferus

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Yangtzeconus priscus - Archaeospira ornata assemblage, Yangtze Gorge, Yichang (Cambrian of China)

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