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Obtusoconus foliaceus

Helcionelloida - Helcionellida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Obtusoconus foliaceus was named by MacKinnon (1985). Its type locality is Trilobite Rock, Cobb Valley, South Island, which is in a Boomerangian carbonate limestone in the Tasman Formation of New Zealand.

It was recombined as Anuliconus foliaceus by Parkhaev (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Obtusoconus foliaceus MacKinnon pp. 68 - 69 figs. f. 2A-K
2001Anuliconus foliaceus Parkhaev p. 142
2023Obtusoconus foliaceus Wagner p. 5496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
orderHelcionellida
familyHelcionellidae
genusObtusoconus
speciesfoliaceus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Obtusoconus foliaceus MacKinnon 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:12:47
Modified: 2009-03-16 10:12:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Gubanov et al. 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Boomerangian or 500.50000 to 499.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Boomerangian500.5 - 499.0New Zealand (Nelson) Obtusoconus foliaceus (type locality: 7897)