Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1948. Further new Cambrian bellerophont gastropods. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 111(3):1-6
Belongs to Strepsodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1948 and Knight et al. 1960
Sister taxa: Strepsodiscus austrinus, Strepsodiscus franconiensis, Strepsodiscus hoyti, Strepsodiscus minutissimus, Strepsodiscus pagoda, Strepsodiscus paucivoluta, Strepsodiscus praecursor, Strepsodiscus shinetonensis, Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri, Strepsodiscus strongi
Type specimen: Its type locality is North side of Taylor Peak, 4 miles south of Ashcraft, which is in a Franconian carbonate limestone in the Sawatch Formation of Colorado
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (1: Missouri collection)
• Cambrian of United States (3: Colorado, Missouri)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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