Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Alternative combination: Hypseloconus franconiensis
Full reference: C.P. Berkey. 1898. Geology of the St. Croix Dalles, part 3. Paleontology. American Geologist 21:270-294
Belongs to Strepsodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Berkey 1898 and Yochelson and Webers 2006
Sister taxa: Strepsodiscus austrinus, Strepsodiscus hoyti, Strepsodiscus major, Strepsodiscus minutissimus, Strepsodiscus pagoda, Strepsodiscus paucivoluta, Strepsodiscus praecursor, Strepsodiscus shinetonensis, Strepsodiscus splettstoesseri, Strepsodiscus strongi
Type specimen: AMNH 2271, a shell. Its type locality is 1 kilometer south of Taylors Falls, half kilometer north of Folsom Island, which is in a Steptoean coastal sandstone in the Franconia Formation of Minnesota.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at 1 kilometer south of Taylors Falls, half kilometer north of Folsom Island
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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