Yangtzeconus Yü 1979 (mollusk)

Tergomya - Cyrtonellida

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: Cyrtonellida according to S. Bengtson 1992

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aremellia, Carcassonnellidae, Cyrtolitidae, Cyrtonelloidea, Hamusella, Pollicinidae, Tetamocornu

Subtaxa: Yangtzeconus priscus Yangtzeconus striatus

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Type: Yangtzeconus priscus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Cambrian of China (1 collection), the Russian Federation (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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