Discohelix tunisiensis Cox 1969 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae

Full reference: L. R. Cox. 1969. Gasteropodes Jurassiques du Sud-Est Tunisien [Jurassic gastropods from SE Tunisia]. Annales de Paleontologie, Invertebres 55(2):241-268

Belongs to Discohelix according to L. R. Cox 1969

Sister taxa: Discohelix (Discogonius), Discohelix (Discohelix), Discohelix (Pentagonodiscus), Discohelix acarinata, Discohelix albinatiensis, Discohelix calculiformis, Discohelix calculus, Discohelix californicus, Discohelix centricosta, Discohelix centricostan, Discohelix conica, Discohelix costata, Discohelix cotswoldiae, Discohelix crenulata, Discohelix dictyota, Discohelix elegantula, Discohelix excavata, Discohelix guembeli, Discohelix inornata, Discohelix leana, Discohelix levis, Discohelix mariae, Discohelix miocarinata, Discohelix murrayensis, Discohelix orbis, Discohelix orientalis, Discohelix ornata, Discohelix pinguis, Discohelix planigyroides, Discohelix radiata, Discohelix texana, Discohelix venustus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Derachra, which is in a Callovian shallow subtidal limestone/marl in the Tataouine Formation of Tunisia

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Tunisia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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