Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Full reference: W. Wenz. 1938. Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda. Handbuch der Paläozoologie 1-240
Parent taxon: Temnodiscinae according to R. J. Horný 1963
See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Starobogatov 1970
Sister taxa: Cyrtolitina, Eobucania, Peelerophon, Peruniscus, Strepsodiscus, Temnodiscus
Subtaxa: Pharetrolites bambachi Pharetrolites cristatus Pharetrolites elegans Pharetrolites murchisoni Pharetrolites pharetra Pharetrolites tumidus Pharetrolites vostokovae
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Kazakhstan (5)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the Czech Republic (5), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Tennessee)
Total: 14 collections including 18 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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