Strepsodiscus praecursor Knight 1948 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combination: Chalarostrepsis praecursor

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, Knight et al. 1960 and Yochelson and Nuelle 1985

Sister taxa: Strepsodiscus austrinus, Strepsodiscus franconiensis, Strepsodiscus hoyti, Strepsodiscus major, Strepsodiscus minutissimus, Strepsodiscus pagoda, Strepsodiscus paucivoluta, Strepsodiscus shinetonensis, Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri, Strepsodiscus strongi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Walcott Locality 115a. Point Lévis cemetary, St. Lawrence River., which is in a Sunwaptan carbonate limestone in the Levis Formation of Canada.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Walcott Locality 115a. Point Lévis cemetary, St. Lawrence River.

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