Zonidiscus youngi Foerste 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combinations: Cyrtolites youngi, Oxydiscus youngi

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1889. Notes on Clinton group fossils with special reference to collections from Indiana, Tennessee, and Georgia. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 24:263-335

Belongs to Zonidiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Foerste 1889, Foerste 1893 and Foerste 1923

Sister taxa: Zonidiscus clemvillensis, Zonidiscus discus, Zonidiscus grayi, Zonidiscus incola

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Brockocystis-Anartiocystis Association of the Brassfield (Silurian of Indiana)

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