Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Full reference: M. K. Pinilla, N. M. Sabattini, M. F. Tortello and G. F. Aceñolaza. 2008. A new species of Strepsodiscus Knight (Gastropoda, Bellerophontoidea) from the Upper Cambrian of Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologies Abhandlungen 248(2):217-223
Belongs to Strepsodiscus according to M. K. Pinilla et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Strepsodiscus franconiensis, Strepsodiscus hoyti, Strepsodiscus major, Strepsodiscus minutissimus, Strepsodiscus pagoda, Strepsodiscus paucivoluta, Strepsodiscus praecursor, Strepsodiscus shinetonensis, Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri, Strepsodiscus strongi
Type specimen: PIL 15215, a shell. Its type locality is Angosto de la Quesera bed 1, which is in a Furongian carbonate limestone in the Lampazar Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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