Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984 (mollusk)

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Alternative combinations: Figurina nana, Mellopegma nanum

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 Capitoconus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Gubanov et al. 2004, Parkhaev 2001, Skovsted 2004 and Zhou and Xiao 1984

Sister taxa: Capitoconus artus, Capitoconus inclinatus

Type specimen: 800063. Its type locality is Huoqiu, Huainan, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian carbonate limestone in the Yutaishan Formation of China.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (8 collections), China (1), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences

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