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Capitoconus nana

Helcionelloida - Helcionellidae

Taxonomy
Mellopegma nanum was named by Zhou and Xiao (1984). Its type specimen is 800063. Its type locality is Huoqiu, Huainan, which is in an Atdabanian/Botomian carbonate limestone in the Yutaishan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Figurina nana by Parkhaev (2001) and Gubanov et al. (2004); it was recombined as Capitoconus nana by Skovsted (2004) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Mellopegma nanum Zhou and Xiao pp. 132 - 133 figs. pl. 3 f. 11
2001Figurina nana Parkhaev p. 169 figs. Pl. 35 f. 4-8
2004Figurina nana Gubanov et al. p. 5
2004Capitoconus nana Skovsted p. 22
2023Capitoconus nana Wagner p. 5687

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classHelcionelloidaPeel 1991
familyHelcionellidae
genusCapitoconus
speciesnana()

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.

Capitoconus nana Zhou and Xiao 1984
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 1.0 to < 10f
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 17:55:39
Modified: 2009-10-09 12:02:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Botomian or 516.00000 to 512.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Atdabanian - Botomian521.0 - 512.9China (Anhui) Mellopegma nanum (type locality: 107632)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Australia (South Australia) Figurina nana (96915 96917 96958 96959 96965 97700 97730 156332)
Botomian516.0 - 512.9Russian Federation (Siberia) Figurina nana (174258)