Strepsodiscus austrinus Pinilla et al. 2008 (snail)

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

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.