Tropidodiscus rotula de Koninck 1883 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combination: Tropidocyclus rotula

Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1883. Faune du calcaire carbonifère de la Belgique, 4e partie, Gastéropodes (suite en fin). Musée Royale d’Historie Naturelle Belgique Annales, Série Paléontoloque 8:1-240

Belongs to Tropidodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also de Koninck 1883 and Weir 1931

Sister taxa: Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus), Tropidodiscus (Umbilicatus), Tropidodiscus annularis, Tropidodiscus antarcticus, Tropidodiscus arisaigensis, Tropidodiscus carinatus, Tropidodiscus carnicus, Tropidodiscus centrifugulus, Tropidodiscus compticarinatus, Tropidodiscus cultricarinatus, Tropidodiscus curvilineatus, Tropidodiscus decussata, Tropidodiscus delanoui, Tropidodiscus foliatus, Tropidodiscus geyeri, Tropidodiscus globosus, Tropidodiscus imitator, Tropidodiscus minimus, Tropidodiscus nakazatensis, Tropidodiscus obex, Tropidodiscus phoenix, Tropidodiscus pragensis, Tropidodiscus regularis, Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus, Tropidodiscus waratahensis, Oxydiscus bougangensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Visé (Carboniferous of Belgium)

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