Discotoma planoconvexa Yu et al. 1974 (snail)

Gastropoda - Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae

Full reference: W. Yu, H. Z. Pan, and H. J. Wang. 1974. Triassic gastropods. Handbook of the Stratigraphy and Paleontology of Southwest China 320-326

Belongs to Discotoma according to W. Yu et al. 1974

Sister taxa: Trochotoma (Discotoma) gansuensis, Trochotoma (Discotoma) multipleura, Trochotoma (Discotoma) yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Qingyan, Undivided, Guiyang, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Qingyan Formation of China

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Qingyan, Undivided, Guiyang

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